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2011 Map of Garo

Name: 2011 Topographic Map of Garo
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2011
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2011

About this map

Garo serves as the focal point of this high-altitude Park County landscape, where the confluence of ranching and mining history is clearly etched into the terrain. The presence of the Garo Prospect Mine, Shirley May Mine, and Duval Discovery Mine near Red Hill indicates a legacy of extraction, while numerous family-named properties like McDowell Ranch, Johnson Ranch, and Rogers Ranch define the land-use patterns across the plains.

A complex network of irrigation ditches, including the Nelson Ditch Number 3, Miller Fourmile Ditch, and Prince Ditch, illustrates the intensive water management required to support this environment. To the south, the South Fork South Platte River winds toward the Antero Reservoir, passing by the Buffalo Springs Cemetery and the Buffalo Springs Campground. This survey provides a precise accounting of 21st-century infrastructure, from Hwy-24 to remote tracks like Salt Ranch Trl, while preserving the locations of early settlements and resource sites.