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2016 Map of Dove Mountain

Name: 2016 Topographic Map of Dove Mountain
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2016
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2016

About this map

Dove Mtn and the prominent Horseshoe Mesa anchor this Brewster County landscape, illustrating the arid ranching geography of West Texas in the mid-2010s. The region is defined by an extensive network of water catchment features, including Stevenson Tank, Bowden Tank, North Tank, and Jones Tanks, which are critical for supporting livestock and wildlife in a desert environment where Guayule Cr provides primary drainage.

Transportation and infrastructure are sparse, centered on the unpaved Dove Mountain Rd and the Stovall Ranch Number 4 Airport in the northeast. This isolated airfield and the surrounding Grenshaw Tank highlight the scale of private land management in the Big Bend region, where aviation and strategic water placement remain essential for navigating and maintaining large-scale ranching operations far from established population centers.