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2011 Map of Louisville

Name: 2011 Topographic Map of Louisville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2011
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2011

About this map

Louisville and Superior define the residential and industrial core of this landscape, where suburban expansion meets an extensive history of resource extraction. The map reveals a dense concentration of former coal workings across Davidson Mesa and Lake Mesa, including the Big Five Mine, New Crown Mine, and Eldorado Mine. These operations once fueled the region's growth, leaving a legacy of named shafts like the Never Sweat Mine and Black Diamond Mine scattered among modern developments.

Water management is central to the area's character, with an intricate network of ditches such as the South Boulder Canyon Ditch and Community Ditch feeding large impoundments like Baseline Reservoir and Marshall Lake. To the south, the landscape transitions toward the high plains of Rocky Flats and the Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport, illustrating the shift from 19th-century mining to 21st-century infrastructure and open space.