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1947 Map of Fort Riley

Name: 1947 Topographic Map of Fort Riley
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1954
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1954

About this map

The Fort Riley Military Reservation dominates the landscape of north-central Kansas on this 1947 survey, where the Republican River and Kansas River converge. The military presence is extensive, featuring major installations such as Camp Forsyth, Camp Whiteside, and Marshall Air Force Base, alongside specialized training areas like the Vehicle Firing Range and Moving Target zones. The topographic detail captures the varied terrain of Seven Mile and Ogden, including prominent elevations like Morris Hill and 22nd Battery Hill.

Outside the reservation, the map reveals a deeply rooted rural community connected by the Union Pacific railroad. Numerous small schoolhouses, such as Maple Grove Sch, Zoar Sch, and Tell Sch, suggest a time when education was locally distributed across the townships. Settlements like Milford and the now-submerged Alida appear alongside family and community landmarks like Berry Cem and St Marys Cem, providing a precise record of the human geography before significant twentieth-century changes to the river valley.