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1963 Map of Buffalo Well

Name: 1963 Topographic Map of Buffalo Well
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1983
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1983

About this map

The county boundary between Schleicher Co and Sutton Co cuts across this high plateau landscape, where the local economy in the early 1960s was defined by ranching and the burgeoning energy sector. Remote outposts such as Buffalo Well and the Wardlaw Ranch anchor the territory, while the presence of the Humble Camp and a Pumping Sta north of Bull Hollow highlights the industrial footprint of petroleum extraction.

Transport and infrastructure are adapted to this isolated terrain, evidenced by a Landing Strip and a network of gravel pits used for maintaining unpaved roads. The natural drainage of the land is traced by the Middle Valley Prong and Buffalo Draw, providing essential water access for livestock in an otherwise arid environment. This survey captures a specific moment when traditional Texas ranching began to share the land with a network of Pipeline corridors and scattered Gas Wells.