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1951 Map of Weldona

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of Weldona
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1972
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1972

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The South Platte River carves through this portion of Morgan County, defining a landscape shaped by early 20th-century irrigation and transport. The settlement of Weldona sits at a critical junction along the Union Pacific line, where the railroad tracks run parallel to the river's northern bank. This era's agricultural dependency is visible in the dense network of water engineering, including the Weldon Valley Ditch and Riverside Canal.

South of the river, the terrain transitions into the Bijou Flats, dominated by the large Bijou No 2 Reservoir. This catchment system, fed by developments like the Clayton Lateral and Bijou Creek, illustrates the complex water management required to sustain prairie farming. Local history researchers will find the small Cem located near the river and the various draws, such as Schaefer Draw and Lamborn Draw, which mark the natural drainage before they meet the engineered irrigation canals.