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2016 Map of Hawxhurst Creek

Name: 2016 Topographic Map of Hawxhurst Creek
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2016
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2016

About this map

Collbran sits at the southern edge of this 2016 survey, where the valley floor of Plateau Cr meets the rising slopes of the Grand Mesa National Forest. The landscape is defined by its complex irrigation and water management systems, including the high-altitude Battlement Reservoirs and Hawxhurst Reservoir that feed into a network of steep drainages like Buzzard Cr and Hawxhurst Creek. These waterways were essential to the ranching and agricultural development of this Mesa County region.

Traditional transport routes such as the Battlement Trail and Hawxhurst Trail crisscross the dividing line between the White River National Forest and the Grand Mesa, following ridges near landmarks like Sugarloaf Mtn and Haystack Mtn. For local history researchers, the map includes the Clover Cem located just north of town, and prominent landforms such as The Peninsula and Smalley Gulch which anchor the local geography of the Plateau Valley.