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1967 Map of Hebbronville NW

Name: 1967 Topographic Map of Hebbronville NW
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1971
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1971

About this map

The arid ranchlands of Duval County are defined by a network of ephemeral watercourses and vital groundwater access points in this late-1960s survey. Named cattle operations such as Trevino Ranch and Barronena Ranch anchor a landscape where survival depends on the strategic placement of windmills. The map reveals an extensive system of these water pumps, many bearing family or descriptive names like the Cardenas Windmill, Lloron Windmill, and the Agua Negra Windmill.

Drainage is dominated by the seasonal paths of Santonino Creek, Macho Creek, and the Arroyo de los Angeles Creek, which cut through the Mesquite brush. The presence of numerous stock tanks, including Dry Tank and Retina Tank, alongside a concentration of Oil Wells, illustrates the dual economic reliance on livestock and mineral extraction. This survey preserves the exact locations of these functional landmarks before decades of changing land use and energy development altered the surface features of the South Texas brush country.