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2022 Map of Cowdrey

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

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

The North Platte River and its major tributaries, the Michigan River and Canadian River, define the water-rich landscape of this North Park region. The settlement of Cowdrey serves as a central hub, surrounded by an intricate and extensive network of irrigation infrastructure essential to high-country ranching. These include family-named and descriptively titled waterways such as the Cumberland Ditch, Seneca Ditch, and the uniquely named Give A Dam Jones Ditch.

Further south, the small community of Brownlee sits near the confluence of several ditches feeding off the Michigan River. The presence of the Walden-Jackson County Airport in the southeast corner points to the area's modern role as a regional transit point. Throughout the quadrangle, topographic features like California Gulch and Mansfield Draw illustrate the drainage patterns toward the river basin, while the Carlstrom Reservoir provides a critical point of water storage for the surrounding valley.