2012 Map of Wolf

About this map

Great Eastern Ditch and Farmers Ditch define the agricultural landscape of this western Kansas territory, illustrating the critical role of irrigation infrastructure in the region. The map centers on a series of small rural settlements including Wolf, Peterson, and Ritchal, which are connected by a highly regularized grid of section-line roads such as W Miller Rd and W Lowe Rd. This layout reflects the late-period refinement of the township-and-range system, where arterial routes like N Peterson Rd facilitate movement across the agricultural expanse. The presence of these irrigation canals alongside named junctions provides a clear record of the intersection between early twentieth-century water management and the spatial organization of farming communities in Finney County.