Lake Meredith Reservoir dominates this landscape in Crowley County, serving as a vital hydrologic hub for the surrounding agricultural plains. The intricate network of irrigation features, including the Sugar City Lateral, East Ordway Lateral, and the Horse Creek and and Black Draw Ditch, illustrates the sophisticated water management required for life in the high plains. On the western edge, the town of Ordway sits near its own Ordway Town Reservoir, while the community of Sugar City is situated just north of the lake near the Lakeview Cemetery. To the south, the sprawling terrain reaches toward Maurer Ranch, connected by a grid of section roads like County Road B and County Road D that define the local ranching and farming boundaries. The map provides a precise look at the drainage system feeding the reservoir, from Bob Creek to the engineered Lake Meredith Dam and its southern Lake Meredith Outlet.
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1891 · Catlin
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1893 · Catlin
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1953 · Cheraw
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1954 · Meredith Hill
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1954 · Sugar City
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1954 · Ordway
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1954 · Manzanola
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1954 · Lamar
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1955 · Rocky Ford
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1958 · Lamar
USGS Topo · 1:250,000