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1985 Map of Oakley

Name: 1985 Topographic Map of Oakley
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1985
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1985

About this map

Oakley serves as the focal point for this survey of the High Plains, where the Union Pacific railroad and the Kyle line trace the primary east-west corridors. This 1985 planimetric study reveals the organized grid of Western Kansas, dotted with agricultural settlements like Hoxie, Quinter, and Grainfield. The landscape is defined by the drainage basins of the Saline River and the South Fork Solomon River, with many seasonal draws and creeks carving through the terrain.

Resource extraction and community infrastructure are visible through numerous Sandpits, a Silica Pit, and localized features such as the Sheridan State Fishing Lake and Wildlife Area. For genealogists and local historians, the map preserves the locations of rural hamlets like Angelus, Seguin, and Tasco, along with several area Cemeteries and local landing strips that supported these remote farming communities in the mid-1980s.