2010 Map of Parallel

About this map

The Canadian River meanders south through this section of Dewey County, carving a wide valley flanked by a network of tributary drainages. The landscape is defined by its rural section-line road system and several family-named burial grounds that speak to the area's early settlement history. The Harrison Cemetery and Little Robe Cemetery are situated north of the river, while the Oakley Cemetery sits near Trail Creek to the west. On the eastern edge of the map, the small community of Sickle is located near the Evergreen Cemetery. Numerous seasonal waterways, including Fiddlers Creek, Squirrel Creek, and Flanders Creek, feed into the river basin from the surrounding plains, illustrating the natural drainage patterns that have long influenced agricultural land use and road placement in this part of western Oklahoma.