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2012 Map of Wilburton

Name: 2012 Topographic Map of Wilburton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2012
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2012

About this map

The town of Wilburton sits at the junction of several county roads in Morton County, serving as a hub for the surrounding ranching and energy landscape. This portion of the Kansas plains is defined by a systematic division of land into numbered grazing units, including Pasture Number Fortynine and Pasture Number Thirtyseven. These pastures are interspersed with named family and geographic tracts such as Artesian Pasture, Sandhills Pasture, and Coen Pasture.

Industry and local history are marked by the Wilburton Oil and Gas Field and the Taloga Oil and Gas Field to the south, indicating the region's reliance on subsurface resources. Genealogists and local historians will find the Prairie Flower Cem situated north of the main settlement. The terrain's water management is visible through features like Happy Ditch, reflecting the necessity of irrigation and drainage in this western Kansas environment.