Baird Lake lies at the heart of this Andrews County landscape, a seasonal water feature in an environment dominated by the infrastructure of the West Texas ranching and oil economy. The distribution of numerous water-pumping stations, including County Windmill, Eubanks Windmill, and Red Windmill, illustrates the vital importance of groundwater management across these vast reaches. This network of numbered and family-named stations supports the C Ranch, one of the few named settlements in a region defined by its grid of utility roads and resource extraction sites.
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1954 · Hobbs
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1958 · Hobbs
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1966 · Mabee Ranch
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1966 · Bird Ranch
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1966 · Northwest Midland
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1968 · Baird Lake
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1968 · Gardendale NW
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1968 · Hackberry Lake
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1968 · Gardendale
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1971 · Five Wells Ranch SE
USGS Topo · 1:24,000