1960 Map of Cobb Lake

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The town of Wellington anchors the western edge of this High Plains landscape, situated just as the agricultural flats meet the rising draws of the Colorado range. This 1960 field check reveals a sophisticated network of water management essential to local ranching and farming, including the Windsor Ditch and Cowan Lateral which feed numerous storage bodies like Cobb Lake and Indian Creek Reservoir. The terrain is defined by the sharp divide of Cactus Hill, where the boundary between Larimer and Weld counties runs through a series of ridges and depressions.