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1969 Map of Baumann School

Name: 1969 Topographic Map of Baumann School
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1972
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1972

About this map

Baumann School sits at the heart of this Mitchell County landscape, serving as a focal point for the surrounding rural community in the late 1960s. The terrain is defined by a dense network of seasonal drainages, including South Fork Champion Creek and Hanks Hollow, which carve through the plains. The southern portion of the sheet is particularly intricate, where Big Silver Creek and Cottonwood Creek converge amidst a series of localized breaks and draws.

Evidence of mid-century infrastructure and resource extraction is visible through a prominent Pipeline crossing the northern half of the map and a remote Pumping Sta. The presence of scattered gravel pits and numerous well sites suggests a landscape balanced between traditional ranching or farming and the expanding energy and materials needs of the era. This survey captures a specific moment in West Texas development before later modernizations altered these traditional property and county lines.