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1969 Map of Double Lakes

Name: 1969 Topographic Map of Double Lakes
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1971
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1971

About this map

The alkaline basins of Double Lakes and Twin Lakes dominate this West Texas landscape, surrounded by the distinctive topography of the Llano Estacado. This late 1960s survey records a ranching economy defined by its water sources, with numerous named wells and windmills scattered across the high plains. The T Bar Ranch sits in the northeast corner of the sheet, overlooking the elongated northern basin of the lakes.

Named landmarks like Antelope Flats and Stud Duck Pond reflect the local character of the terrain, while infrastructure is marked by functional landmarks such as Crows Nest Windmill and Eureka Windmill. The presence of the Big Four Well and Horse Pasture Windmill provides a window into the land use patterns and property divisions of Lynn County during this era, when groundwater management was the primary driver of settlement and survival on the flats.