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2010 Map of Blue Ridge

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

USGS Topo · Published 2010

About this map

Westminster and Blue Ridge anchor this Collin County landscape, connected by a network of farm-to-market roads and county routes that follow the gentle drainage basins of north-central Texas. The map reveals a high density of small rural communities and named crossroads, including Valdasta, Chambliss, and Fayburg, many of which maintain their own community burial grounds such as the Westminster Cemetery and Blue Ridge Cemetery.

Water management is a defining feature of the terrain, visible through the Soil Conservation Service Site 10 Dam and Soil Conservation Service Site 11 Dam, which regulate Reservoir Number Ten and Reservoir Number Eleven. These reservoirs sit among a dense web of creeks and branches, including Sister Grove Creek and Lick Branch, illustrating how the agricultural landscape has been modified for flood control and water storage near the headwaters of the Trinity River basin.