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1979 Map of North Of Big Spring

Name: 1979 Topographic Map of North Of Big Spring
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1995
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1995

About this map

The headwaters of the North Fork Smoky Hill River carve through the High Plains along the border of Kit Carson and Cheyenne counties in this 1979 survey. The landscape is defined by an intricate network of drainage systems, including the numerous branches of Spring Creek and the Landsman Creek basin. These watercourses were vital to the early ranching and agricultural operations in this corner of eastern Colorado.

While sparse in settlement, the map records the locations of several isolated wells and benchmarked points, indicating the infrastructure of rural land management in the late 1970s. The convergence of the East Fork Big Spring Creek, Middle Fork Big Spring Creek, and Little Spring Creek demonstrates the complex topography of the region's western edge, providing a clear view of the natural terrain before modern development altered these rural watersheds.