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2022 Map of Great Divide

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

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

The High Plains of Moffat County, Colorado, are defined by a complex network of drainage basins and an expansive township and range grid. This survey reveals a landscape carved by seasonal waterways including Scandinavian Gulch, Dry Gulch, and the prominent Bighole Gulch which cuts across the central sections. In the southern portion of the quadrangle, Lay Cr provides a primary drainage point, reflecting the typical arid-land hydrology of the region where water flow is intermittent but influential in shaping the terrain.

A network of county roads, such as Co Rd 102 and Co Rd 9, provides the essential infrastructure for this remote ranching or energy-producing area. These routes follow the section lines or navigate around the higher elevations, illustrating the late-twentieth and early-twenty-first-century management of public and private lands within the Great Divide area. The clear demarcation of Townships 9, 10, and 11 North underscores the region's historical reliance on the Public Land Survey System for property and mineral rights.