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1966 Map of Criner

Name: 1966 Topographic Map of Criner
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1988
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1988

About this map

The Oklahoma oil landscape of the mid-1960s is vividly detailed here, defined by the extensive production zones of the Golden Trend Oil Field and the Southwest Criner Oil Field. These petroleum interests overlay a rural geography of winding watercourses, where the community of Criner sits near the confluence of Criner Creek and Wildcat Creek. The map documents a period when the local economy was deeply tied to both the extraction of natural resources and traditional agricultural land use within the Colbert and Turnbull boundaries.

Further south, the small settlement of Payne is positioned along the banks of Finn Creek, while the Bryant Ch serves as a localized landmark for genealogists tracing family roots in this part of McClain County. The intricate drainage network, including Panther Creek and Wolf Creek, highlights the topographical challenges faced by early road builders and drillers as they navigated the terrain between the Southeast Curty Oil Field and West Finn Creek Oil Field.