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2022 Map of Woods SW

Name: 2022 Topographic Map of Woods SW
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2022
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

Stevens County in the southwest corner of Kansas is defined here by the uncompromising geometric precision of the Public Land Survey System. The landscape is organized into distinct townships, including t34s r36w and t34s r35w, where the section lines are traced by an extensive network of rural roads. This high-plains terrain is characterized by subtle depressions and ephemeral wetlands that punctuate the prairie between the grid-aligned thoroughfares such as RD 18 and RD 24.

The sparse infrastructure of this area reflects a land dedicated to wide-scale agriculture and ranching. The absence of named towns emphasizes the rural nature of the county, where navigation relies on the alphabetical and numerical naming convention of the local routes. Primary east-west corridors like H RD and G RD intersect with north-south routes such as RD 21, creating a repetitive but vital lattice for accessing the scattered farmsteads and agricultural plots of the region.