2011 Map of Elkhart NW

About this map

The North Fork Cimarron River winds through the northern reaches of this Morton County landscape, a stark example of the High Plains agricultural grid. Large-scale grazing and land management define the area, evidenced by an extensive series of numbered tracts such as Pasture Number Seven, Pasture Number Twelve, and Pasture Number Thirtyeight. These divisions, alongside the North Fork Pasture and Greenwood Pasture, reveal a highly organized approach to the shortgrass prairie, where water access and pasture rotation were central to the local cattle economy.