1972 Map of Jewell Draw

About this map

The boundary between Sheridan and Johnson counties divides this high plains landscape, surveyed in the early 1970s as part of a Department of the Interior program for the Missouri River Basin. The terrain is defined by an intricate network of ephemeral watercourses including Jewell Draw, Keathley Draw, and Headgate Draw, which cut through the ridges toward North Prong Cottonwood Creek and South Prong Cottonwood Creek. These drainage patterns are characteristic of the region's semi-arid rangeland, where water management is critical for local livestock and land use.