2009 Map of Dodge City NW

About this map

Buckner Creek and its tributary, the South Fork Buckner Creek, wind through the high plains of Ford County in this 2009 USGS survey. The landscape is defined by the sharp geometry of the Public Land Survey System, where a grid of section-line roads facilitates agricultural movement across the prairie. Routes such as Backtrail Rd and Chestnut Rd divide the open country, while north-south corridors like 101 Rd and 102 Rd connect isolated farmsteads to the wider region. This map illustrates the intersection of natural drainage systems and modern rural infrastructure, showing how the meandering watercourses of the Buckner Creek basin remain the primary relief in an otherwise strictly organized agricultural landscape.