Loading map...

2022 Map of Cornish

Name: 2022 Topographic Map of Cornish
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2022
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

Cornish sits at a historic crossroads in Weld County, where the high plains landscape is defined by the intersection of rural routes and seasonal watercourses. The northern sections of the map are dominated by the Pawnee National Grassland, a vast shortgrass prairie environment managed by the Forest Service. This terrain is marked by intermittent drainage patterns including Little Sand Cr, Sand Cr, and Coal Cr, which reveal the natural hydrology of the region before modern irrigation and land management altered the flow.

In the southern portion, the influence of water engineering is evident through the Greeley Number 2 Canal, which cuts through the township alongside Crow Cr. The map highlights a transition between the protected grasslands and the agricultural grid system, anchored by the small settlement of Cornish. Researchers can trace the layout of the Public Land Survey System through the township and range boundaries that have governed property lines in this part of Colorado for over a century.