2012 Map of Upton West

About this map

Upton serves as the primary hub for this Weston County landscape, where the town's residential grid meets the Upton Municipal Airport and industrial sites like Colloid. The map reflects a classic High Plains settlement pattern, defined by family-named ranching operations such as Barton Ranch, Materi Ranch, Norris Ranch, and Shannon Ranch. Water management is central to this environment, shown through a series of human-made catchments like Materi Number 2 Reservoir, Brown Reservoir, and Little Soda Reservoir that supplement natural drainages like Beaver Cr and Coyote Cr. Topographical features such as Soda Butte and the many draws, including McCrady Draw and Stellwagon Draw, illustrate the drainage network of the Powder River Basin. This survey preserves the exact locations of these rural ranch sites and local roads such as Materi Rd and Soda Butte Rd during the early 21st century.