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2016 Map of Bruceville

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

USGS Topo · Published 2016

About this map

Lorena and Bruceville anchor this 2016 survey along the Interstate 35 corridor as it traverses the boundary between McLennan and Falls Counties. The landscape is defined by the headwaters and tributaries of N Cow Bayou and S Cow Bayou, where numerous Soil Conservation Service reservoirs—such as Site 28 Reservoir—manage the drainage of the blackland prairie. These water management features illustrate the modern agricultural engineering required to stabilize the region's fertile soil.

Genealogists will find a high density of burial sites across the quadrangle, ranging from the Lorena Cem near the northern border to the more isolated Beulah Cem and Murphy Cem in the south. The map also documents smaller rural communities like Mooreville and Levi, connected by a network of county roads and farm-to-market routes like FM 1239. The transition from the dense residential grid of Eddy to the open ranching lands along Prather Cr provides a clear view of central Texas land use patterns in the early 21st century.