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2022 Map of The Nipple SE

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

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

Greasewood Gulch cuts through this high-desert terrain of Moffat County, providing a primary drainage feature for the surrounding plateaus. The landscape is defined by its remote character and the sparse network of county roads that navigate the complex topography, notably Co Rd 50 and Co Rd 42. These routes follow the natural contours of the land, connecting distant sections of the county across the vast public and private land boundaries marked by the Public Land Survey System.

Water management and drainage are central to the geography here, with Red Wash serving as another significant hydrological landmark in the southern portion of the quadrangle. For those studying the evolution of land use in northwest Colorado, the map preserves the exact alignment of historical ranch roads and access routes like Co Rd 21 and Co Rd 160 as they existed in the early twenty-first century.