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2013 Map of Houston Lakes

Name: 2013 Topographic Map of Houston Lakes
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2013
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2013

About this map

The settlement of Heath sits as a primary landmark in this corner of the High Plains, where the terrain is defined by ephemeral drainages and intermittent water sources. The namesake Houston Lakes appear in the northwest, providing a rare hydrographic break in a landscape otherwise dominated by the winding path of Sand Arroyo and the eastern flow of Mustang Cr. This region, located at the meeting point of Otero, Kiowa, and Bent Counties, reflects a grid-based rural development pattern typical of Colorado's eastern agricultural lands.

Transportation through the area is anchored by Co-96, also identified as Co Highway 96, which cuts through the southern half of the map. This thoroughfare is supported by a network of county roads including Co Road 2, Co Road 4, and Co Road F, which delineate the section lines of the Public Land Survey System. The infrastructure shown illustrates the late-twentieth and early-twenty-first-century management of this dry prairie environment.