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1970 Map of Kiowa NW

Name: 1970 Topographic Map of Kiowa NW
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1985
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1985

About this map

Kiowa Creek and Wolf Creek carve through the high plains landscape of Elbert County in this detailed 1970s topographic study. The map illustrates a rural environment defined by drainage patterns and early energy infrastructure, featuring a prominent Pipeline crossing the southern terrain and scattered Oil Wells. Local genealogy and land history are anchored by the Ebenezer Cem located central to the creek basin and the settlement of Whitehead to the east.

Water resources appear critical in this arid landscape, evidenced by labeled Springs and the presence of a Sandpit near the waterways. The survey, field checked in 1970 with purple photorevisions from 1975, documents the distribution of fence lines and unimproved roads that connected these remote homesteads and resource extraction sites before later modern developments altered the local character.