The high plains of eastern Colorado are defined by a rigid section-line grid in this 2016 survey of the Yuma Northeast quadrangle. The landscape is dominated by agricultural parcels and drainage patterns, with the local infrastructure concentrated along a network of numbered county routes. Significant thoroughfares like Co Rd 46 and Co Rd L provide the primary means of traversal through the townships of t3n r47w and t2n r46w. While largely a study of land management and rural geography, the map identifies specific routes such as Trail Rd that deviate from the standard numbering system. This detailed record captures the spatial organization of the modern High Plains ranching and farming economy as it stood in the mid-2010s.
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1954 · Sterling
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1958 · Sterling
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1961 · Eckley
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1969 · Schramm
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1971 · Yuma NE
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1971 · Clarkville SE
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1971 · Old Baldy
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1971 · Eckley NW
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1972 · Clarkville SW
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1972 · Yuma South
USGS Topo · 1:24,000