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2013 Map of Platteville

Name: 2013 Topographic Map of Platteville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2013
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2013

About this map

Platteville serves as the central hub of this Weld County landscape, where the town grid is defined by streets like N Main St and Grand Ave adjacent to the Us-85 corridor. The surrounding terrain is heavily modified for agriculture, characterized by an intricate network of irrigation features including the Platte Valley Ditch, Farmers Independent Ditch, and the Spear Canal. These waterways divert from the S Platte River, which meanders through the western portion of the quadrangle.

Local industry and community life are visible through labels for the Bella Holstein Dairy, Morning Fresh Farms, and the Tonga Airport. Genealogists and local historians can locate the Mizpah Cem and Saint Francis Cem, while the southern reaches of the map include the settlement of Vollmar and various water storage sites like Twombly Reservoir and Mose Davis Lake. The map illustrates a rural economy deeply tied to the management of the river valley's water resources.