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1965 Map of Dalby Springs

Name: 1965 Topographic Map of Dalby Springs
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1976
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1976

About this map

Dalby Springs sits at the northern edge of a landscape defined by the confluence of the Sulphur River and White Oak Creek. This 1960s survey documents a region of transition, where the expanding waters of Wright Patman Lake begin to inundate the low-lying bottomlands. The map reveals a mosaic of wetland features like Molly Clark Slough and Greenhaw Lake set against the higher ground of Willow Bluff.

Local history is preserved through scattered landmarks such as County Line Ch and family burial sites including Roberts Cem and Lumpkin Cem. The documentation of Brosecu Ranch and the small settlement of Dalby provides a record of rural life before hydraulic changes altered the drainage patterns of the Bowie and Morris County border. Numerous small lakes, such as Dunlap Lake and Reddon Lake, underscore the aquatic nature of this river-basin terrain.