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2019 Map of Willard

Name: 2019 Topographic Map of Willard
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2019
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2019

About this map

Willard stands as a focal point in this high-plains landscape near the border of Logan and Morgan counties. The settlement is flanked by the Pawnee Hills to the north and the expansive Pawnee Valley, where the terrain is marked by significant topographical landmarks like Pawnee Pass. Water management is central to the area's geography, evidenced by the North Sterling Canal and the Riverside Intake Canal which cut through the drainage basins of Pawnee Creek and Sand Creek.

Genealogists and local historians will find the Prairie Lawn Cemetery south of the main settlement particularly noteworthy. The map's grid of county roads, including Co RD 18 and Co RD 13, illustrates the organized agricultural partitioning of this eastern Colorado region. These features reflect a late 20th and early 21st-century rural layout defined by ranching, dryland farming, and essential irrigation infrastructure.