James Lake sits at the heart of this agricultural landscape in central Kansas, where the prairie is defined by a strictly surveyed grid of county roads. The terrain is marked by the winding courses of Wild Horse Cr and Little Wild Horse Cr, which break the geometric precision of the section lines. This area along the Pawnee Co and Stafford Co line illustrates a rural environment maintained by a network of local routes including Zook Rd and Saint John Rd. The geography here reflects the enduring legacy of the Public Land Survey System, with township and range lines like t23s r15w anchoring the local land records and property boundaries of this section of the High Plains.
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1889 · Larned
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1889 · Kinsley
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1891 · Great Bend
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1891 · Larned
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1892 · Kinsley
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1892 · Pratt
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1893 · Great Bend
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1894 · Kinsley
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1894 · Pratt
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1955 · Great Bend
USGS Topo · 1:250,000