1974 Map of Feterita

About this map

Feterita serves as the focal point of this southwestern Kansas landscape during the mid-1970s, situated along the tracks of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad. The map reveals an intensive energy-extraction economy, with dozens of individual Gas Well and Gas Wells symbols scattered across the high plains of West Center township. This industrial presence is further underscored by the diagonal route of a major Pipeline cutting through the terrain. Social and recreational infrastructure is represented by the Hugoton Country Club Water Tank, providing a rare landmark in an area otherwise dominated by agriculture and natural gas production. The sheet captures the precise layout of section lines and field boundaries before the widespread adoption of center-pivot irrigation altered the visual geometry of the region.