2016 Map of Chalk Bluff

About this map

Chalk Bluff rises prominently over the western bank of the Nueces River, anchoring a landscape defined by its complex drainage network and intermittent watercourses. In this portion of Uvalde County, the confluence of the W Nueces River and the main river channel occurs amidst a series of deeply etched draws, many bearing descriptive or family-associated names such as Perfecto Mata Draw, Windmill Draw, and Bee Apiary Draw. These features, along with Canales Draw and Tinajo Draw, suggest a history of ranching and land use where every topographical depression was an essential navigational or functional landmark.