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1984 Map of Baffin Bay

Name: 1984 Topographic Map of Baffin Bay
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1984
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1984

About this map

Baffin Bay and its intricate network of secondary bays, including Alazan Bay and Cayo del Grullo, dominate this coastal landscape of Kleberg and Kenedy counties. The map captures a transition from the structured street grid of Kingsville, home to Texas A & I University and the Kingsville Naval Air Station, to the expansive ranching and coastal lands to the south. Small rural communities like Vattmannville and Ricardo sit inland, while the Missouri Pacific railroad line provides a north-south transit corridor through Sarita and Turcotte.

The eastern portion of the survey reveals the coastal dynamics of the Padre Island National Seashore, separated from the mainland by the Laguna Madre and the Intracoastal Waterway. Features such as Point Penascal and Black Bluff mark the rugged shoreline of the bay, while the presence of La Parra Ranch and La Parra Landing suggests the enduring legacy of large-scale South Texas landholdings in the mid-1980s.