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2022 Map of Mount Sunflower SW

Name: 2022 Topographic Map of Mount Sunflower SW
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2022
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

The N Fork Smoky Hill River carves a winding path through the High Plains along the border of Kit Carson Co and Cheyenne Co. This rural landscape is defined by the section-line grid of the Public Land Survey System, where long stretches of dirt and gravel roads like Co Rd GG and Co Rd DD provide the only access across the expansive ranching and farming terrain.

Drainage systems such as Turtle Cr and Goose Cr branch off the river fork, creating subtle relief in an otherwise level environment. The map details the transition from Township 11 South to Township 12 South, documenting the essential infrastructure of the modern agricultural interior, from the county-line marker at Kit Carson Co Co Rd A to the numerous secondary roads that connect isolated farmsteads and grazing lands.