2018 Map of Elkhart NW

About this map

The Cimarron National Grassland dominates this corner of Morton County, preserving a landscape defined by the conservation of shortgrass prairie. The topography is shaped by the N Fork Cimarron River, which cuts across the northern half of the survey, and the main Cimarron River in the southeast. A unique nomenclature of numbered grazing units like Pasture Number Eleven and Pasture Number Twenty illustrates the organized land management system utilized within the national forest system. Historically, this area is a corridor for westward migration, as evidenced by the routes of the Santa Fe NHT-North Rte and the Santa Fe Nat Hist, marking the legacy of the old Santa Fe Trail through the Kansas High Plains.