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1952 Map of Ira NE

Name: 1952 Topographic Map of Ira NE
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1979
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1979

About this map

The West Texas landscape of Scurry County is defined here by a network of seasonal watercourses and the industrial infrastructure of the mid-century petroleum era. Knapp PO serves as a small anchor in the southwestern corner, accompanied by Knapp Ch, while the Panhandle and Santa Fe railroad cuts across the northern terrain, passing through the locality of Franklin Center.

The presence of an Oil Refinery, several windmills, and a Pumping Sta underscores the region's reliance on groundwater and mineral resources. Natural drainage patterns are clearly marked by the winding paths of Bluff Creek and South Fork Deep Creek. Further south, Canyon Ch and several family-named landmarks like Chimney Creek and Bull Creek provide points of interest for genealogists and local historians tracing the settlement patterns of this ranching and oil-producing territory.