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2017 Map of Federal

Name: 2017 Topographic Map of Federal
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2017
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2017

About this map

The settlement of Federal serves as a small anchor for this Laramie County landscape, defined by a network of rural roads and grazing lands. Water management is a primary feature of the high plains terrain, as seen in the system involving Chadwick Ditch Number 5 and the two impoundments of Chadwick Reservoir Number 1 and Chadwick Reservoir Number 2. These features, along with Lodgepole Cr and S Lodgepole Cr, indicate a long-standing reliance on irrigation and water storage for the local ranching economy.

Residential development appears to follow the contours of the land, particularly along Mountain Shadow Dr and Shadow Ridge Dr, where newer subdivisions meet older routes like Horse Creek Rd. The grid of the Public Land Survey System, marked by township boundaries like t16n r69w, remains the dominant structural element of the county, organizing the scattered homesteads and ranches that characterize this part of Wyoming.