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2012 Map of Balko NE

Name: 2012 Topographic Map of Balko NE
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2012
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2012

About this map

The High Plains of Beaver County are defined by a rhythmic grid of rural section roads and the drainage patterns of the North Canadian River watershed. Watercourses like Sixmile Cr and Cottonwood Cr carve subtle relief into the landscape, dictating the placement of early 21st-century infrastructure and land boundaries. The map reveals the placement of essential community anchors, including Busch Chapel Cem and Capitol View Cem, which provide critical reference points for genealogical research in this part of the Oklahoma Panhandle.

Agricultural land use is evident in the strictly organized road network, with numbered routes like e0180 RD and n1340 RD forming the primary skeleton of travel. The confluence of the N Fork Clear Cr and S Fork Clear Cr into the main stem of Clear Cr illustrates the hydrological character of this semi-arid region, where these intermittent streams were historically vital to local ranching and farming operations.