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2022 Map of Idalia SW

Name: 2022 Topographic Map of Idalia SW
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2022
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

The South Fork Republican River winds through the southern High Plains where the border of Kit Carson and Yuma counties meets. This landscape is defined by the ephemeral drainage of the S Fork Republican River and N Sand Cr, showcasing the intricate system of intermittent streams and coulees characteristic of eastern Colorado's arid terrain. The map captures a section of the American West where the rectangular land survey system dictates the geography, with a dense network of section-line roads like Co Rd Nn and Co Rd Ll providing access to the vast agricultural sections.

Evidence of the local topography appears in the erosional features of Dry Gulch in the southeastern corner. The transition between Yuma Co and Kit Carson Co is marked by the river's path, where wetlands and seasonal water flows created the only breaks in the geometric grid of county roads. For researchers, the map provides a precise look at the rural infrastructure and land management patterns of this ranching and farming region in the early twenty-first century.