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2018 Map of Diamond Springs

Name: 2018 Topographic Map of Diamond Springs
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2018
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2018

About this map

Diamond Springs serves as the focal point of this rural Kansas landscape, situated near the headwaters of the Diamond Creek drainage system. The terrain is defined by a dense network of intermittent streams, including School Creek, Silver Creek, and Paddy Creek, which carve deep contours into the upland prairie. These waterways converge south of the Morris Co Chase Co line, where the landscape transitions toward the broader Flint Hills region.

Genealogical interest is centered around three distinct burial sites: Diamond Springs Cem, Diamond Creek Cem, and the smaller Boenitz Cem. The grid-based road network, including Four Mile Rd and various numbered avenues like S 1900 Rd, reflects the late 19th-century sectional surveying that organized the region's agricultural development. The persistence of these names and the remote nature of the drainage basins highlight a landscape that has maintained its rural character for over a century.