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2021 Map of Coffee Flats

Name: 2021 Topographic Map of Coffee Flats
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2021
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2021

About this map

Buffalo Gap National Grassland dominates this section of the Great Plains, straddling the state line between Niobrara County, Wyoming, and Fall River County, South Dakota. The landscape is defined by a dense network of intermittent drainages and draws that carve through the high prairie, including Hollingsworth Draw, Eldridge Draw, and Coyote Draw. These features converge toward watercourses like Little Cottonwood Cr and Cottonwood Cr, illustrating the complex hydrology of this arid grazing land.

The wide, level expanse of Coffee Flats in the northeastern quadrant provides a distinct contrast to the dissected terrain to the south. Human presence is sparse, marked primarily by the path of CO Hwy 8 and the township and range lines that organize this cattle-country topography. This map captures the intersection of public land management and the natural drainage patterns that have shaped ranching life in the region for generations.