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2019 Map of Kountze South

Name: 2019 Topographic Map of Kountze South
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2019
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2019

About this map

Big Thicket National Preserve and the southern edge of Kountze dominate this landscape in the Piney Woods region. The area is defined by a dense network of watercourses including Cypress Creek, Boggy Creek, and Village Creek. These waterways thread through the wetlands and conservation lands, shaping the settlement patterns of Hardin County.

Residential development is concentrated around the county seat of Kountze, with smaller clusters near Nona. The transition from town to thicket is marked by a grid of local roads like Fm 1293 and Hooks Cemetery Loop, alongside specialized sites such as Hawthorne Field. The map captures the delicate balance between the expanding human footprint and the protected ecosystems of the Big Thicket NP, showing how roads and residential loops increasingly border the sensitive riparian corridors of Longton Br and Black Creek.