Loading map...

2016 Map of Blanket Springs

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

USGS Topo · Published 2016

About this map

Pecan Bayou snakes through this portion of Central Texas, defining the local landscape as it carves a wide Horseshoe Bend in the northwest. The area is characterized by its agricultural and ranching heritage, evidenced by numerous named stock tanks and water bodies such as Williams Lake, Childress Lake, and the numbered basins of Clayton Lake Number 2 North and John Graves Lake Number 3. These water sources are vital for the rural holdings that dominate the terrain, including the Vaughan Ranch Airport.

The settlement of Blanket Springs and the nearby Blanket Springs Cem serve as quiet landmarks for local history and genealogy. The terrain rises toward distinctive high points like Gobblers Knob, while a network of rural roads such as Williams Ranch Rd and Elkins Rd connects the scattered homesteads. The boundary between Brown and Mills counties cuts diagonally across the northern section, marking a jurisdictional divide in an otherwise contiguous ranching landscape.