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1967 Map of Cedar Mountain

Name: 1967 Topographic Map of Cedar Mountain
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1969
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1969

About this map

Cedar Mountain dominates the eastern horizon of this 1967 survey, where the rolling ranchlands of West Texas are deeply cut by a network of drainage canyons. The map documents a landscape defined by the livestock industry and water management, featuring several family-named ranch headquarters including Driver Ranch, Lyles Ranch, and McFaddin Ranch. The scarcity of surface water is evident through the naming of numerous artificial impoundments like Horseshoe Tank, Big Tank, and Coppermine Tank.

Evidence of historical resource extraction appears at the Prospect site and in the naming of Smelter Canyon and Smelter Creek in the central portion of the sheet. Modern infrastructure, represented by a major Pipeline and Highway 82, transects the territory, while local transport relies on gravel routes such as Mc Faddin Lane. The survey also marks vital agricultural infrastructure like the Croton Windmill and Little Dick Windmill, which were essential for maintaining cattle across the Little Croton Creek drainage basin.