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2021 Map of Oberg Ranch

Name: 2021 Topographic Map of Oberg Ranch
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2021
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2021

About this map

Oberg Ranch sits at the center of an intricate irrigation network in this high-plains landscape where the Medicine Bow Mountains meet the flats. The terrain is defined by a dense system of man-made waterways, including the Shelton Allen Ditch, Nickel Scribner Ditch, and Ault Highline Ditch, which redirect natural flows to support agriculture and ranching across Overland Flats. This pattern of water management is typical of the Carbon County ranching economy, where seasonal creeks like Dry Cr and Lemoine Cr are supplemented by these engineered channels.

In the southern portion of the quadrangle, the land rises into the Medicine Bow National Forest, marking a transition from the open Lake Creek Flats to higher timbered elevations. Access to this remote ranching territory is maintained by a network of rural routes such as Pass Creek Rd and Broken Springs Ranch Rd, which connect the isolated ranch outposts with the drainage basins of Lake Cr and Deer Cr.