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2017 Map of Parker

Name: 2017 Topographic Map of Parker
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2017
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2017

About this map

Parker serves as a central point in this Broadwater County landscape, where the high plains meet a sophisticated network of early twentieth-century water management. The area is defined by a dense lattice of irrigation infrastructure, including the Broadwater - Missouri W Side Canal and numerous family-named waterways like Mullins Ditch and Hystens Ditch. This reliance on controlled water suggests a legacy of intensive agriculture and ranching in a semi-arid environment.

Local history is etched into the terrain through features like Charity Gulch and the Radersburg Cem. Transportation patterns are preserved in roads with descriptive names such as Old Womans Grave Rd and Keating Gulch Rd. The southern portion of the map transitions into the riparian environment of Willow Swamp, where Marsh Cr and Willow Swamp Canal manage the drainage toward the Missouri River system.