Browning Oil Field and the Zimmermann Oil Field anchor this 2009 survey of Greenwood County, Kansas, where the prairie landscape is defined by the lasting imprint of the petroleum industry. Small settlements like Thrall and Burkett are interconnected by a grid of township roads, including Thrall Rd and Madison Ave, while the North Branch Verdigris River and its tributaries—Bernard Branch and Slate Creek—drain the rolling terrain. The map offers a clear view of the rural infrastructure of the early 21st century, from the Burkett Oil Field to the solitary Andrew Cemetery. This topography reveals how long-established resource extraction continues to coexist with traditional agricultural land patterns in the Flint Hills region.
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1885 · Eureka
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1888 · Emporia
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1888 · Eureka
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1894 · Emporia
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1894 · Eureka
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1955 · Wichita
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1955 · Hutchinson
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1958 · Wichita
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1959 · Hutchinson
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1967 · Madison SW
USGS Topo · 1:24,000