2009 Map of Rush Center SW

About this map

Oil extraction and agricultural grid lines define this rural Kansas landscape at the end of the first decade of the 2000s. The terrain is marked by multiple petroleum production zones, including the clustered Shiley Oil Field and Shiley East Oil Field in the west, and the Oro Oil Field complex to the east. These industrial sites are integrated into a sparse network of section roads, anchored by Correction Line Rd in the south. Drainage for this high plains area is provided by a series of north-flowing watercourses, most notably Old Maids Fork, Sandy Creek, and Cocklebur Creek. The map illustrates the persistent intersection of natural drainage patterns with the rigid human imposition of the Public Land Survey System, where modern energy infrastructure follows the same geometric logic as the nineteenth-century land parcels.