2010 Map of North Plum Creek NE

About this map

Granada Creek meanders across this high plains landscape in eastern Colorado, defining the drainage patterns of an area dominated by an extensive rectangular road grid. This agricultural and ranching territory is largely organized by local thoroughfares such as County Road BB and County Road X, which facilitate movement between scattered homesteads and grazing lands. The waterway network is the most prominent natural feature, including the seasonal flows of Wolf Creek in the northwest and Durkee Creek and Plum Creek in the southeast. The arrangement of these roads, including secondary routes like County Rd 22 and County Rd 27, reflects the systematic land surveys of the American West, where topography like the shallow creek beds often dictates the occasional breaks in the rigid section-line pathing.