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2010 Map of North Plum Creek NW

Name: 2010 Topographic Map of North Plum Creek NW
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2010
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2010

About this map

Wolf Creek and Granada Creek define the drainage patterns of this high plains landscape in Prowers County. This 2010 survey reveals a highly organized rural grid, where the movement of water and travelers is dictated by an extensive network of section-line roads. The terrain is characterized by broad depressions such as Long Hollow in the northwest, which transition into the subtle draws of the creek systems.

A strictly agricultural and ranching layout is evident through the naming of numbered and lettered routes, including County Road BB and County Rd 19. This map captures the region's late-twentieth-century spatial organization, reflecting a period of established land divisions where even small ephemeral drainages like the forks of Wolf Creek remain vital geographic markers for local landholders and genealogists tracing family parcels in the Colorado southeastern plains.