2012 Map of South of Drury Creek

About this map

Little Beaver Cr meanders across this rural landscape in Sherman County, forming the primary drainage in an area otherwise dominated by the rigid geometric precision of the Public Land Survey System. The map illustrates a high-plains agricultural environment where transportation is defined by a strictly organized grid of section-line roads, including Road 12, Road 14, and Road D. This systematic layout reflects the late-century evolution of the Kansas plains, where land use was partitioned into square-mile sections for farming and ranching. The southern edge is defined by Road 76, while Co Line Rd marks a significant boundary in the local transit network. The sparse distribution of structures alongside these thoroughfares highlights the vast, low-density settlement pattern characteristic of Western Kansas during the early twenty-first century.