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1971 Map of Two Buttes Reservoir

Name: 1971 Topographic Map of Two Buttes Reservoir
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1973
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1973

About this map

The high plains of Southeast Colorado are defined here by the meeting of the Prowers Co and Baca Co line, where the waters of Two Butte Creek are impounded to form the Two Buttes Reservoir. This early 1970s survey captures a rural landscape shaped by small communities and livestock infrastructure. Settlements like Nola, Wilde, and Pleasant Heights dot the terrain, with the latter serving as a local anchor through the Pleasant Heights Ch.

Transport and topography reveal the area's practical needs, from the Landing Strip and numerous Well sites to the Jeep Trail and primary Trail networks crossing the drainage of North Butte Creek. The prominence of the namesake Two Buttes rises above the surrounding flats, while the Butte Cem and various Gravel Pits suggest the established history and local industry of this high-desert region before modern expansion.