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2016 Map of May Valley

Name: 2016 Topographic Map of May Valley
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2016
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2016

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Agricultural water management dominates this Prowers County landscape, where an intricate network of ditches and canals supports small rural communities like Kornman and Culp. The Fort Lyon Canal and Amity Canal frame the region, feeding a complex system of distribution channels including the James Lateral, Wheatridge Lateral, and the E May Valley Ditch. This reliance on engineered irrigation is central to the settlement pattern of May Valley, where storage basins such as Fort Lyons Reservoir and Prince Reservoir provide critical water reserves for the surrounding prairie.

Industrial and transport footprints are visible at the Tinnes Airport and along the local road grid, where settlements like Channing and Karl sit at the intersections of county roads. The landscape is a study in precision, from the gridded section lines of the Public Land Survey System to the carefully graded W May Valley Drainage Ditch. This 2016 survey documents the enduring infrastructure of Colorado's High Plains farming economy.