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1961 Map of Walck Ranch

Name: 1961 Topographic Map of Walck Ranch
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1963
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1963

About this map

Walck Ranch and the small settlement at Blydenburg anchor this 1961 field-checked landscape in Carbon County, Wyoming. The terrain is defined by an intricate network of irrigation and water management, necessary for sustaining high-plains agriculture. Extensive systems such as the Blydenburg and Morgan North Ditch, Marion Ditch, and Haines Ditch demonstrate the effort to channel water across the draws and flats.

Family ranching history is preserved through labels for the Enberg Ranch, Christensen Ranch, and Gartman Ranch. Water storage is centralized in several key basins, including Seaverson Reservoir, Haines Reservoir, and the Buck Draw Reservoir with its recorded spillway elevations. Waterways like Jack Creek and North Spring Creek cut through the landscape, alongside numerous seasonal channels such as Coyote Draw and the various branches of Cottonwood Draw, illustrating the hydrology of the Missouri River Basin development era.