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2016 Map of Stratton NW

Name: 2016 Topographic Map of Stratton NW
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2016
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2016

About this map

The South Fork Republican River carves a winding path across this section of Kit Carson County, defining the drainage patterns of the high plains. In this 2016 landscape, the river valley is the primary relief against a vast grid of agricultural section lines and county thoroughfares. To the north, the smaller Hell Cr feeds into the wider basin, illustrating the intermittent hydrology characteristic of the region.

A network of local roads, including Co Rd 25 and Co Rd 27, provides the structural framework for this rural territory, following the Public Land Survey System boundaries. The map clearly delineates township and range divisions such as t7s r47w and t7s r48w, which have dictated land ownership and farming boundaries for generations. This survey captures a moment of modern ranching and dryland farming before any significant changes to the seasonal river course or rural infrastructure.