2015 Map of Sweetwater Station

About this map

Sweetwater River meanders across this high plains landscape of Fremont County, anchoring a terrain defined by irrigation systems and historic transit points. Sweetwater Station and Sweetwater Crossing mark central nodes where local roads like Sand Draw Rd and Graham Rd intersect the river valley. The landscape is shaped by human efforts to manage water in an arid environment, evidenced by the National Ditch, Miller Ditch, and the numbered segments of the Graham and Farmsley Ditch Number 1. These features, alongside Carmody Lake, suggest a pastoral economy reliant on diverting the mountain runoff that feeds Warm Springs Cr. Away from the water, the topography rises toward Government Meadows and the indentations of Rocky Draw, providing a detailed look at the township and range grid system in the American West.