2019 Map of Gooch Lake

About this map

The boundary between Lynn and Dawson counties bisects this High Plains landscape, where agricultural grids are punctuated by significant playa basins. Gooch Lake and its neighbor Saleh Lake dominate the northern terrain, serving as vital topographic markers in an area defined by large-scale farming and ranching. The road network reflects a late-twentieth-century evolution of rural transit, ranging from local county routes like Co Rd 36 to more modern thoroughfares such as FM 2053 and Ranch Rd 1066. Near the western edge, the settlement of Grandview sits along Ranch Rd 179, illustrating the persistent, sparse residential pattern of the Texas South Plains. This era of mapping documents the region's sophisticated irrigation and road infrastructure that supports its industrial-scale cotton and grain production.