2018 Map of Mouth of Shaw Creek

About this map

The Saline River cuts across the northern reaches of this Trego County landscape, carving through the high plains of western Kansas. This 2018 survey reveals a sparse, rural environment defined by the Public Land Survey System, with the land divided into sections by a network of lettered roads including B Rd and H Rd. The drainage pattern is the dominant natural feature, as Shaw Creek and E Spring Cr feed into the regional river system. There are no named settlements or buildings indicated, showing a vast area of agricultural and open land characteristic of the Smoky Hills region. The map serves as a contemporary record of the township and range divisions, documenting the persistent grid of the Kansas prairie.