2016 Map of Big Mound

About this map

Medicine Mounds and the singular Big Mound anchor the eastern landscape of this Hardeman County region, rising above a network of seasonal drainages and ranch lands. The terrain is defined by the winding paths of Wanderers Creek and Cottonwood Creek, which feed into local catchments like Lake Pauline and Mrs J H Williams Ranch Lake. The map reveals a highly structured grid of rural infrastructure, where family-named routes such as Smith Ranch Rd, Hurst Williams Rd, and Brown Ranch Rd suggest long-standing land holdings. This 2016 survey reflects the modern intersection of private ranching interests and the natural watershed of the Texas Rolling Plains, where small, named bodies of water like Williams Lake are vital markers in an otherwise arid expanse of creek beds and draws.