2022 Map of Lake Albert

About this map

The High Plains landscape of eastern Colorado is defined by a rhythmic grid of section lines and county roads, as documented in this survey of the borderlands between Cheyenne and Kiowa counties. The intermittent drainage of White Woman Cr and its tributary, the S Fork White Woman Cr, carve shallow depressions across the terrain, illustrating the ephemeral hydrology of this arid agricultural region. A dense network of gravel and dirt routes, including Co Rd 88, Co Rd Aa, and Co Rd 71, provides the primary structure for the local land use, reflecting the systematic Public Land Survey System that governs the division of these wide-open spaces. This topographic study captures the fundamental geometry of the Colorado prairie, where transportation and water are the primary markers of human and natural history.