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2016 Map of Big Betty Reservoir

Name: 2016 Topographic Map of Big Betty Reservoir
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2016
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2016

About this map

The Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River carves through this portion of the Texas Panhandle, creating a complex landscape of deep-cut drainage systems and high plateaus. At the heart of the terrain is the Big Betty Reservoir, an impoundment fed by Horse Cr and Bear Cr. The map reveals the dramatic topographical shifts where the high plains break into the Caprock escarpment, most notably at the southern edges of the Palo Duro Canyon system and Goodnight Canyon.

Remote ranching infrastructure is visible across the flats, including the named Day Windmill Flats. The map is characterized by numerous named canyons that drain into the river valley, such as Tepee Pole Canyon, Lufberg Canyon, and McMurtry Canyon. These features illustrate the intense erosional forces that have shaped the border between Armstrong Co and Briscoe Co, creating a rugged isolation defined more by geology and water than by human settlement.