2015 Map of Sugarloaf

About this map

Sugarloaf rises as a prominent landmark in the high plains of Southwest Kansas, situated along the county line where Clark Co Comanche Co meet. This 2015 topographic survey documents a section of the Sunflower State defined by its expansive drainage patterns and remote road network. In the northern reaches, Bluff Cr meanders through the breaks of the Red Hills region, while a series of numbered section lines and rural routes, such as Sitka Rd, provide the primary access to this ranching landscape. The map reveals the meticulous Public Land Survey System grid of Townships 32 and 33 South, illustrating how the legal geography of the late 19th century continues to dictate the modern landscape of fence lines and dirt roads across the shortgrass prairie.