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2012 Map of Criner

Name: 2012 Topographic Map of Criner
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2012
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2012

About this map

Criner and Payne anchor this McClain County landscape, where the rural grid of section-line roads like MacArthur Ave and Santa Fe Ave meets a highly managed water system. The area is defined by an extensive series of flood control reservoirs along the drainages of Criner Creek, Panther Creek, and Bear Creek, including named structures such as Criner Creek Site 1 Reservoir and Bear Hybarger Site 7 Reservoir. These numerous catchment basins highlight a concerted effort to manage the watershed within this agricultural and industrial corridor.

Energy extraction remains a primary footprint on the land, visible through several concentrated developments. The Northeast Criner Oil Field and Southwest Criner Oil Field suggest the subsurface wealth that has shaped local property use, while the Payne Oil Field sits just south of the eponymous settlement. The infrastructure of the petroleum industry, from gravel access roads to well sites, is interspersed among the small creeks and tributaries like Wildcat Creek and Finn Creek.