2022 Map of Middle Ladder Creek West

About this map

The Wallace Co and Greeley Co line defines the central axis of this High Plains landscape, where the High Plains terrain is etched by the intermittent drainages of the Middle Ladder Creek system. This 2022 survey captures a strictly rural environment structured by the Public Land Survey System, with section lines serving as the primary routes for local travel. Named roads like Dusty Rd, Bumpy Rd, and Thirteen Mile Rd reveal the utilitarian and descriptive nature of the local infrastructure. The north-south corridor of Horace Rd provides a primary link through the southern portion of the quadrangle. The sparse distribution of structures and the prevalence of unimproved roads like Crosswind Raod suggest an area dominated by large-scale ranching or dryland farming, where movement is dictated by the vast grid of the western Kansas prairie.