2012 Map of Buffalo Well NW

About this map

Middle Valley Prong snakes across this high-plains landscape in Schleicher County, marking a terrain defined by sprawling cattle operations and sparse rural infrastructure. The map illustrates a contemporary livestock economy where large-acreage holdings such as McIntosh Ranch, Cauthorn Ranch, and Schwiening Ranch serve as the primary landmarks. Transportation in this part of West Texas relies on a network of functional corridors, including the established Ranch Road 2596 and the historically suggestive Old Fort McKavett Rd, which hints at earlier frontier travel patterns. Water is a critical resource in this arid environment, highlighted by the naming of specific features like Twentymile Waterhole and the intermittent drainage of the Middle Valley Prong. Small private access ways, such as Private Road 2245, branch off into the interior, providing the only links to these isolated homesteads.