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1953 Map of Kreybill

Name: 1953 Topographic Map of Kreybill
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1954
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1954

About this map

John Martin Reservoir dominates this high plains landscape, its waters submerging portions of the legendary Old Santa Fe Trail. This 1953 survey records a region defined by historical transitions and irrigation engineering, featuring significant sites like the Old Fort Lyon and Fort Bent markers along the northern banks. The settlement of Kreybill serves as a small local hub, supported by the Kreybill Sch and the vital infrastructure of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad line.

Water management is central to the area's development, evidenced by the complex network of the Fort Lyon Canal and Kicking Bird Canal. To the south of the reservoir, the terrain becomes more broken where Rule Creek and Arroyo McRae feed into the basin. The map preserves the grid of numbered rural lanes, from Sixteenth Lane North to Twentieth Lane South, illustrating the systematic division of Bent County land during this mid-century period.