1979 Map of East Kiowa Creek North

About this map

The Old Indian Treaty Boundary strikes across the central portion of this landscape, marking a significant historical line in the southern Kansas prairie. Recorded during the late 1970s, the terrain is defined by the branching drainages of Middle Kiowa Creek, Wiggins Creek, and East Kiowa Creek, which flow southward toward the Kiowa and Comanche county line. The map captures a working rural economy where resource extraction is integrated into the landscape, evidenced by an extensive Oil Field and scattered Gas Wells in the eastern sectors. Higher elevations are identified as Westland and Highland, while the southern reaches transition into the administrative districts of Protection and Coldwater. The distribution of Gravel Pits and unimproved roads reveals the infrastructure of a remote ranching and energy-producing region at the close of the decade.