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2022 Map of La Salle

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

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

The South Platte River winds through this Colorado landscape, defining a complex network of irrigation that has shaped the agricultural development of Weld County. This U.S. Geological Survey sheet illustrates the intricate water management system essential to the high plains, featuring a dense grid of canals such as the Farmers Independent Ditch, Godfrey Ditch, and Western Mutual Ditch. These waterways support the fields surrounding La Salle and Evans, reflecting a century of engineering designed to harness the river's flow for local farming.

Genealogists and local historians can locate early burial sites like the Beebe Draw Pioneer Cem and Beebe Draw Cem situated within the wide topographic depression of the Beebee Draw. Small communities and rail-adjacent settlements including Hambert, East La Salle, and Auburn are mapped alongside modern infrastructure like the AJC Airport, showing the evolution of the area from a series of canal-fed outposts into a modern agricultural and transit corridor.