2019 Map of Fiddler Peak

About this map

Fiddler Peak rises as the primary landmark in this high plains landscape along the border of Phillips Co and Yuma Co. The terrain is defined by the ephemeral drainage of Patent Cr, which winds through the eastern portion of the quadrangle. The map captures a quintessential section of the American West's Public Land Survey System, shown by the rigid grid of county roads such as Co Rd 60 and Co Rd 10. This network of section-line roads illustrates the late 20th and early 21st-century agricultural organization of the region, where large-scale land management is dictated by the township and range system. The absence of concentrated settlements emphasizes the rural, open character of this part of eastern Colorado, where infrastructure is designed almost exclusively for transit between distant farmsteads and ranch lands.