2016 Map of Dawn

About this map

Dawn sits at the center of this landscape in the Texas Panhandle, positioned along a major diagonal transportation corridor. The settlement is surrounded by a network of rural roads that follow a strict section-line grid, including Ranch Rd 1062, Church Rd, and Westline Rd. This geometry of the High Plains is briefly interrupted in the southeast by the depression of Buffalo Lake, where the flat terrain gives way to the beginning of more varied contours. The map also delineates the jurisdictional boundary between Deaf Smith Co and Randall Co, providing a clear look at how land management and transportation like Fm 1062 and Westgate are organized across this agricultural region during the mid-2010s.