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2022 Map of Maple City

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

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

Maple City sits as a central hub in this section of Cowley County, surrounded by a network of drainage systems that define the rural Kansas prairie. The landscape is deeply carved by water, with Grouse Creek winding through the center, joined by numerous tributaries including Little Beaver Cr and Shellrock Cr. This topography creates a series of ridges and valleys that the local road system, including Co RD 6 and Co RD 13, must navigate.

Evidence of early settlement patterns remains visible through the placement of the Maple City Cem and smaller named locales like Vinton and Cameron. The map reveals how the section lines of the Public Land Survey System—marked here as t34s r5e and t34s r6e—imposed a rigid grid over the undulating terrain. To the south, Otter Cr and Myers Cr further illustrate the complex watershed that directed the movement of travelers and the placement of homesteads in this agricultural region.