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1963 Map of Choate

Name: 1963 Topographic Map of Choate
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1965
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1965

About this map

The San Antonio River meanders through this portion of Karnes County, defining a landscape dominated by the mid-century petroleum industry. In the early 1960s, the region was heavily partitioned into active production zones including the Runge Oil Field, Porter Oil Field, and Dunwolters Oil Field. Near the banks of Chicken Creek, the Cabeza Creek Refinery stands as a focal point of local processing, while a network of pipelines and gravel pits connects the various drilling sites across the rolling terrain.

Local life centers on the small settlement of Choate, where the Choate Cem and another Cem nearby provide valuable points of reference for genealogists. The Southern Pacific railroad cuts across the northern corner of the map, passing a substation and several gravel pits. Waterways like Agua de Ojo Creek and Cottonwood Creek drain into the primary river channel, carving paths through the wooded bottomlands and oil-rich pastures.