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2019 Map of McClave

Name: 2019 Topographic Map of McClave
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2019
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2019

About this map

Agricultural water management and small rural hubs define this part of Bent County in 2019. The settlement of McClave serves as a focal point for the surrounding farmland, where an intricate network of irrigation and drainage infrastructure sustains the local economy. The massive Fort Lyon Canal and Fort Lyon Canal Rd cut through the landscape alongside natural watercourses such as Graveyard Cr and Limestone Cr.

Smaller hamlets like Big Bend and Keesee are connected by a grid of county roads, while the technical complexity of local irrigation is evident in the presence of the Sunflower Ditch, Riverview Ditch, and McClave Drainage Ditch. The map illustrates how human engineering has adapted the plains environment, with the Kicking-Bird Canal and Wiley Drainage Ditch further demonstrating the heavy reliance on these man-made water systems to manage the arid Colorado terrain.