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2018 Map of Lake Carl Blackwell

Name: 2018 Topographic Map of Lake Carl Blackwell
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2018
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2018

About this map

Lake Carl Blackwell and Lake McMurtry dominate this section of the Oklahoma landscape, showing a complex network of reservoirs and managed water resources north of the Payne County line. The map details a transition from the larger open waters of the lakes to a highly engineered system of smaller sites, including Stillwater Cr Site 37 Reservoir and Stillwater Cr Site 41 Reservoir, which managed the flow of Stillwater Creek and its tributaries like Dry Creek.

Genealogists and local historians will find several burial sites scattered among the section lines, such as Shelton-Bethel Cem near the lake shore and Doxey Cem further north. The road network, including names like Chisholm and Bronco, follows the rigid PLSS grid, though it is interrupted by the irregular shorelines of the man-made lakes. The small residential area of Lake Meadows sits tucked between the two major water bodies, illustrating the late-century development of lakeside communities.