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2019 Map of Devils Sinkhole

Name: 2019 Topographic Map of Devils Sinkhole
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2019
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2019

About this map

Hackberry Springs provides a rare point of permanent water in this fractured limestone landscape of Edwards County. The terrain is defined by a dense network of drainages and canyons, including Guthrie Draw and the deep incision of Hackberry Cr. These features reveal a typical Karst topography where surface water quickly disappears into the subsurface, a process implied by the name of the quadrangle itself.

Human presence is marked by a sparse network of roads and trails that follow the natural contours of the land. Kerrville Rd serves as a primary east-west corridor, while more remote routes like Buzzard Trap Trail and several numerical ranch roads wind through the hills. Notable landmarks such as Cedar Knob and colorfully named geographic features like Deadman Hollow and Thurman Hollow offer specific points of orientation for researchers tracking local land use and family ranching boundaries in this part of the Texas Hill Country.