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1949 Map of Hudson

Name: 1949 Topographic Map of Hudson
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1967
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1967

About this map

The town of Hudson serves as the focal point of this northern Colorado landscape, situated along the tracks of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad. The 1949 terrain reveals a sophisticated network of water management essential for high-plains agriculture, including the Beebe Canal, Speer Canal, and Neres Canal. These waterways feed numerous storage basins such as Ireland Reservoir No 6 and Henry Lake Reservoir.

South of town, the small settlement of Tonville sits near the border of Weld and Adams Counties, marked by nearby Gravel Pits. Local landmarks like Mountain View Cem and elevated points including Riley Mound and Smith Mound break the landscape of The Sand Hills. The density of named reservoirs, such as Stybr Reservoir No 2 and Anthony Reservoir No 2, illustrates the intensive effort to reclaim and irrigate this arid prairie region.