2010 Map of Mattox Draw NW

About this map

Mattox Draw and James Draw define the drainage of this agricultural landscape in Kearny County, Kansas. The map depicts a sparse, high-plains environment organized around a rigid section-line road network, including thoroughfares such as Co Rd 2 and Co Rd 10. This topography illustrates the persistent influence of the Public Land Survey System on modern infrastructure, where travel and property boundaries remain tied to the original township and range grid. Small water bodies and ephemeral draws are scattered across the terrain, providing the primary relief in an otherwise flat expanse of rural western Kansas. This survey shows the area just after the first decade of the 21st century, as rural road systems like Co Rd H and Co Rd J continued to serve the vast grazing and farming tracts of the region.