2016 Map of Stonington SE

About this map

The high plains borderland between Baca County, Colorado, and Morton County, Kansas, is defined by the sharp transition from agricultural sections to the protected terrain of the Cimarron National Grassland. In the southern portion of the map, the N Fork Cimarron River meanders through the grassland, carved into a landscape that includes specific management zones like Pasture Number Three. The northern territory is dominated by the geometric precision of the Public Land Survey System, where a network of county roads such as Co RD 88 and Co RD Z divide the open range. Water is a scarce but vital feature here, represented by the ephemeral Sand Arroyo Cr and several unnamed seasonal depressions. This 2016 survey documents a rural landscape where the economy is clearly tied to both private ranching and federal land management along the Colorado-Kansas state line.