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2010 Map of Bead Mountain

Name: 2010 Topographic Map of Bead Mountain
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2010
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2010

About this map

Bead Mountain stands as a prominent landmark in this section of Coleman County, where the landscape is defined by a sophisticated network of water management infrastructure. Numerous reservoirs and dams, constructed by the Soil Conservation Service, dot the terrain along the courses of Elm Creek, Panther Creek, and Little Panther Creek. These features illustrate the mid-to-late 20th-century emphasis on flood control and water storage in the Texas heartland.

Evidence of the area's rural communities remains visible through the Valera Cemetery in the north and the Voss Cemetery to the south. The road network, including FM 503 and various county roads like Co RD 364 and Co RD 348, connects these scattered local sites. Other drainage systems, including Home Creek, Red Bank Creek, and Bull Creek, provide a detailed look at the natural hydrology that shaped local ranching and settlement patterns prior to the modern engineering of the SCS sites.