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1957 Map of Piney Creek

Name: 1957 Topographic Map of Piney Creek
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1963
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1963

About this map

Lowry Air Force Base Bombing Range dominates the eastern high ground of this landscape, a significant Cold War era military installation marked by its extensive Military Reservation Boundary. The terrain is defined by a network of seasonal drainages, including West Toll Gate Creek, East Toll Gate Creek, and Murphy Creek, which carve through the plains south of Denver.

Historic transit and communication routes are visible via the Smoky Hill Road and a notable Pipeline corridor. Local landmarks like the Observation Tower and Microwave Relay Tower indicate the area's utility for surveillance and broadcasting. For genealogists and local historians, the presence of a lone Cem and family-named features like Baldwin Spring and Sampson Gulch provide specific points of interest for tracing early land use and settlement patterns along the Arapahoe, Douglas, and Elbert county lines.