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1950 Map of Keenesburg

Name: 1950 Topographic Map of Keenesburg
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1958
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1958

About this map

Keenesburg serves as the primary hub of this eastern Colorado landscape, situated along the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad line just before it crosses the Weld and Adams County line. The map reveals an intricate network of irrigation vital to the Missouri River Basin development, dominated by the Prospect Reservoir and Horse Creek Reservoir in the south.

An elaborate system of man-made waterways, including the Henrylyn Canal, Denver Hudson Canal, and Lowline Canal, weaves through the terrain to manage the flow from Box Elder Creek and Horse Creek. Numerous smaller impoundments like Banner Lakes, De Remer Lakes, and the sequentially numbered reservoirs such as Ireland Res No Five illustrate the intensive water management strategies employed by mid-century surveyors and engineers to support the region's agricultural viability.