1985 Map of Abernathy SW

About this map

Caldwell sits in the southwestern reaches of this survey, where the agricultural landscape of the Texas Panhandle is defined by a vast network of irrigation and water management. Numerous points marked simply as Well pepper the grid-like property divisions, indicating the intensive groundwater reliance of the region during the mid-1980s. The most prominent natural drainage, Blackwater Draw, meanders across the upper half of the sheet, providing a topographic break in an otherwise consistent plain. Near the center of the draw, a Gravel Pit signifies local industrial activity. The map also delineates the jurisdictional boundary between Hale Co and Lubbock Co, capturing the rural infrastructure and land use patterns of these neighboring counties before late-century developments changed the local footprint.