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1971 Map of Estes

Name: 1971 Topographic Map of Estes
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1985
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1985

About this map

The coastal shelf of Live Oak Ridge and the barrier islands of Aransas County reveal a landscape shaped by petroleum and the Southern Pacific railroad during the early 1970s. Residential developments like Palm Harbor and the appropriately named City-by-the-Sea are established along the mainland shore, while the industrial character of the region is anchored by the Carbon Black Plant and a nearby Tank Farm at Kosmos. The map documents a complex aquatic environment where the Intracoastal Waterway cuts through shallow reaches like Estes Flats and California Hole.

Genealogists and local historians can locate the San Antonio Cem inland from the coast, while the eastern portion of the sheet is dominated by the uninhabited expanse of San Jose Island and Mud Island. The map records the numerous Oil Wells and Gas Wells scattered across both land and water, illustrating the era's intensive resource extraction within the fragile estuary system of Aransas Bay and Red Fish Bay.