2018 Map of Mattox Draw NE

About this map

James Draw and Campbell Draw cut through this section of Kearny County, defining the drainage patterns of an arid landscape in the High Plains. The map captures a grid of rural infrastructure, where a network of county roads like Co RD M and Co RD 10 segment the land into the Public Land Survey System townships of t21s r37w and t22s r36w. This 2018 survey illustrates the persistent geometry of Western settlement, where section lines dictate the placement of thoroughfares such as Co RD 4 and RD 330. While sparse in named settlements, the map is a primary resource for understanding land divisions and the topographical relationship between the ephemeral watercourses and the high tableland. In the southern reach, the beginning of Mattox Draw appears, marking the subtle elevation shifts that characterize this agricultural and open-range territory.