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1949 Map of Hudson

Name: 1949 Topographic Map of Hudson
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1994
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1994

About this map

Agricultural development and water management define this landscape on the high plains as documented in the late 1940s. The settlement of Hudson serves as the primary hub, surrounded by a complex network of irrigation infrastructure including the Warden Canal and numerous private and municipal catchments like Ireland Reservoir No 6 and Henry Lake Reservoir. This irrigation system enabled the transformation of the arid Weld County terrain into productive farmland, visible in the intricate web of unnamed ditches and laterals branching across the map.

Local landmarks such as Riley Mound and Smith Mound provide topographical orientation above the low-lying basins. The emergence of Lochbuie and the small siding at Tonville illustrate the expansion of residential and commercial footprints beyond the central town. For genealogists, the Mountain View Cem and family-named water bodies like Eshelman Reservoir and Carlin Reservoir offer specific points of interest for tracing early 20th-century land ownership and community life.