2010 Map of Adams

About this map

The High Plains of the Oklahoma Panhandle are defined here by a rigid grid of section-line roads, a testament to the systematic township and range surveying that carved this landscape into square parcels. This 2010 USGS survey focuses on the rural outskirts of Adams in Texas County, where the topography is largely flat and interspersed with numerous small depressions or ephemeral basins. These natural catchments stand in contrast to the engineered geometry of the road network, which includes major corridors like Co Hwy 15 and Adams Road County Hwy 14. For family historians, the presence of Denman Cemetery and Happy Cemetery provides specific geographic markers for the area's rural population. The small street grid of the unincorporated community of Adams appears in the southern portion of the sheet, while named thoroughfares such as Mendenhall St and Mile 57 facilitate transit through the agricultural plains.