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2016 Map of Byars SW

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

USGS Topo · Published 2016

About this map

The Washita River snakes across the southern edge of this Garvin County landscape, anchoring a region defined by its complex network of water management sites. In the years following the mid-century, numerous reservoirs were established to control the local watershed, including Pauls Valley Lake and a series of numbered flood control structures like Peavine Creek Site 7 Reservoir and Washington Creek Site 1 Reservoir. These additions transformed the drainage patterns of Washington Cr and Peavine Cr.

Family history is preserved at the Fort Family Cem near the northern border and the Paoli Cem adjacent to the town of Paoli. This settlement, along with the smaller community of Civit to the east, represents the primary residential hubs in an otherwise rural grid of section roads. The map also reveals the northern reaches of Pauls Valley, showing how the town's geography is inextricably linked to the river and its nearby reservoirs like Hettick Gss Number 3 Reservoir.