2016 Map of Hereford NW

About this map

Bull Canyon and the high plains of northern Weld County define this landscape, where the drainage patterns of Little Crow Cr and Simpson Cr dictate the layout of rural infrastructure. The map reveals a land managed for water storage in an arid environment, notably featuring the Eagle Rock Reservoir in the northwest and the Adams and Bunker Reservoir Number 1 and Adams and Bunker Reservoir Number 3 in the southeast. These reservoirs, alongside the winding path of Geary Cr, underscore the critical role of water rights and irrigation in this section of Colorado. The strictly gridded road network, including routes like Co RD 71 and Co RD 124, follows the section lines of the Public Land Survey System, illustrating how 19th-century land division continues to organize the modern cattle ranching and agricultural territory of the region.