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2022 Map of Tamarack Ranch

Name: 2022 Topographic Map of Tamarack Ranch
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2022
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

The South Platte River carves through the northern reaches of this landscape, its waters managed by a system of historical irrigation channels including Settlers Ditch, Long Island Ditch, and Tamarack Ditch. This reliance on river-fed engineering is a hallmark of the high plains, where agriculture and cattle ranching depend on the diversion of water from the main channel into the surrounding arid terrain.

Divided by the Logan Co Sedgwick Co line, the region is defined by a sparse network of section-line roads such as Red Lion Rd and Co Rd 89. The topography shows a transition from the river bottomlands into rising upland plateaus, punctuated by local routes like Co Rd 385 and Co Rd 46. The map illustrates the persistent 19th-century Public Land Survey System grid, which continues to dictate property boundaries and road placement across these contemporary ranchlands.