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2022 Map of Flagler NE

Name: 2022 Topographic Map of Flagler NE
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2022
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

Hell Cr winds across this section of the High Plains, carving a shallow drainage through the agricultural landscape of northeast Kit Carson County. The terrain is defined by the Public Land Survey System grids of t6s r51w, t7s r51w, and surrounding townships, where the wide-open expanse is divided by a systematic network of section-line roads. These routes, such as Co Rd Hh and Co Rd Dd, reflect the enduring 19th-century land distribution patterns that still dictate movement and property boundaries in this rural corridor.

In the southern reaches of the quadrangle, Buffalo Creek and its smaller branch Buffalo Cr create subtle topographic relief. The map documents a landscape almost entirely dedicated to ranching or dryland farming, with very little built infrastructure beyond the essential county road network. It serves as a clear record of the sparsely populated eastern Colorado plains in the early 21st century, where watercourses like Hell Cr remain the primary natural landmarks in an otherwise geometric environment.