2022 Map of Settlement

About this map

Kit Carson County's high plains are characterized by a disciplined section-line road network that defines the agricultural landscape of this eastern Colorado quadrangle. Centered on Hope Church Cem along Co Rd Gg, the map captures a rural community organized by the Public Land Survey System. The terrain is marked by subtle drainage patterns, most notably the meandering course of Landsman Creek in the southeastern corner and the northern path of Dry Gulch. These seasonal watercourses provide the only significant relief in a topography dominated by large-scale farming and ranching tracts. Dozens of county roads, from Co Rd Jj in the north to Co Rd Bb at the southern edge, provide access to this isolated landscape, which remains essentially defined by its early 20th-century settlement patterns.