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1985 Map of Heel Fly Draw

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

USGS Topo · Published 1985

About this map

The Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River dominates this portion of Hall County, cutting a wide, sandy path through the high plains. The landscape is defined by an intricate network of erosional features, most notably Heel Fly Draw and several deeply incised canyons such as Big Tank Canyon, Jones Canyon, and Dad Canyon. This mid-1980s topography reveals a remote ranching and resource-extraction environment where water management is critical, as evidenced by the distribution of numerous wells and cattle-watering sites like Heel Fly Tank and Panther Tank.

South of the main fork, the terrain rises toward rugged breaks drained by Wildcat Creek and the Little Red River. The abundance of named geographic features, including Derrick Canyon and Oxbow Canyon, suggests a long history of local land use and landmark naming by those working this Texas Panhandle country. The presence of Deep Lake in the northeast provides a rare permanent water feature in a landscape otherwise defined by ephemeral drainage and rugged draws.