2013 Map of North of Big Spring

About this map

The N Fork Smoky Hill River carves through the southern reaches of this High Plains landscape, marking a significant hydrologic feature on the border of Kit Carson and Cheyenne counties. This 2013 survey illustrates the highly organized Public Land Survey System grid that defines the eastern Colorado prairie, where a network of section-line roads like CO Road GG and CO Road F facilitates agricultural movement. Water remains the primary shaper of the terrain here; several ephemeral branches, including Middle Fork Big Spring Cr and Little Spring Cr, weave north and south across the quadrangle. These drainage patterns, such as Landsman Cr in the east, dictate the location of ranching infrastructure and the path of Co Road 59, the area's primary north-south corridor.