2012 Map of West of Russell Springs

About this map

The Smoky Hill River and its tributary, the N Fork Smoky Hill River, dominate this western Kansas landscape in Logan County. This 2012 survey reveals a highly organized rural grid system, where named local roads such as Topeka, Rawhide, and Quail define property boundaries and access points across the plains. These labels reflect a local naming convention that often draws from regional history and nature, typical of the High Plains agricultural stretches. The river system meanders across the central and southern portions of the map, carving slight depressions into the terrain that dictate the placement of local infrastructure. For the historian or researcher, the map provides a contemporary view of these perennial watercourses before they intersect further east, alongside the network of county roads like Co RD-190 and Co RD-180 that support the area's modern land use.