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2010 Map of Deer Creek

Name: 2010 Topographic Map of Deer Creek
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2010
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2010

About this map

Lake Arrowhead dominates the northwestern portion of this landscape, its indented shoreline shaping the local geography near the settlement of Halsell. The area's economic history is written in its numerous petroleum deposits, including the Halsell Oil Field, Vera Strawn Oil Field, and Acme Oil Field. These fields are interspersed with several small, privately-named bodies of water such as Stephens Lake and Berend Lake, each featuring its own corresponding dam.

Further south, the community of Deer Creek serves as a local hub near the Deer Creek Oil Field. The terrain is drained by the Dry Fork Little Wichita River and the namesake Deer Creek, which meander through a grid of rural routes like Halsell Rd and FM 172. Genealogists will find the Halsell Cemetery and Deer Creek Cemetery particularly noteworthy, as they anchor these long-standing North Texas ranching and oil communities.