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2022 Map of Granada

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

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

The town of Granada serves as the central hub of this eastern Colorado landscape, situated along the southern banks of the Arkansas River. This 2022 survey details a complex irrigation network vital to the region's agricultural character, featuring the Buffalo Canal, Lamar Canal, and Manvel Canal, along with the Granada Ditch and its branches. These waterworks define the settlement patterns between the river and the surrounding prairie, where smaller communities like Bristol, Warwick, and Koen are linked by a grid of county roads.

Local history and genealogy researchers will find significant landmarks preserved on this sheet, including Amache Cem, located southwest of the main townsite near Wolf Creek. Further to the north, Sunnyslope Cem and Hillside Cem provide additional points of reference for tracing family lineages in Prowers County. The map also captures the path of the Buffalo Creek and Deadman Ditch, illustrating how the dry plains were transformed by systematic water management throughout the twentieth century.