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1978 Map of Prairie View

Name: 1978 Topographic Map of Prairie View
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1979
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1979

About this map

Prairie View serves as the central hub of this northern Kansas landscape during the late 1970s, where the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railroad cuts a diagonal line through the town and surrounding townships. This intersection of infrastructure and agriculture is further marked by the Van-Pak Landing Strip and a prominent Water Tank near the tracks. The map details the rural character of Prairie View, Beaver, and Dayton townships, revealing a network of section roads connecting family-linked sites such as Luctor Ch and Luctor Cem in the northeast.

Watercourses like Deer Creek, Crooked Creek, and Beaver Creek drain the terrain toward the south, while the elevated feature known as Mound stands out in the southeast corner. Small-scale industrial activity is evidenced by scattered Gravel Pits and a Claypit, indicating the local extraction economy of Phillips County. This 1978 survey provides a precise look at the land use and community structure before many modern developments altered the rural road grid.