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2019 Map of The Nipple SE

Name: 2019 Topographic Map of The Nipple SE
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2019
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2019

About this map

Red Wash Butte stands as a prominent landmark in this high-desert portion of Moffat County, overlooking a landscape defined by seasonal drainages and a network of rural routes. The drainage patterns of Greasewood Gulch and Red Wash illustrate the arid topography of the region, where water flow is intermittent but has deeply carved the local terrain.

A network of county roads, including Co RD 50 and Co RD 42, provides the primary access through these range lands, reflecting the area's continued use for ranching or resource management. The lack of established settlements emphasizes the open-range character of this Northwest Colorado territory, where land use is structured by the Public Land Survey System as evidenced by the numerous township and range boundaries like t10n r95w.