Cheney Reservoir dominates the southern landscape of this Reno County region, marking a significant hydrological shift in the Kansas terrain. Along its northern shores, the Cheney State Park Wichita Point Campground serves as a modern recreation anchor, while older echoes of the area's pioneer heritage remain at Pleasant Hill Cem near S Yoder Rd. The map also illustrates the region's long-standing reliance on subterranean resources, with the Friendship Gas Field and Hilger Southwest Oil Field indicating active mineral extraction amidst the rural grid. Drainage through the agricultural sections is defined by Gar Cr and Rock Cr, which feed into the primary reservoir basin. This landscape is bound by a systematic road network, including thoroughfares like E Pretty Prairie Rd and S Haven Rd, connecting the scattered farmsteads and energy production sites.
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1889 · Cheney
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1891 · Cheney
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1901 · Cheney
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1955 · Wichita
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1958 · Wichita
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1958 · Patterson
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1959 · Mount Hope
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1961 · Haven
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1961 · Elmer
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1964 · Cheney
USGS Topo · 1:24,000