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1994 Map of Lake Stephenson

Name: 1994 Topographic Map of Lake Stephenson
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1994
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1994

About this map

Gordy Marsh and Willow Marsh dominate this coastal landscape, where the shifting boundary between Chambers and Galveston counties meets the edge of East Bay. The map reveals a complex aquatic environment shaped by both natural hydrology and 20th-century energy extraction, evidenced by the numerous Oil Wells, Gas Well sites, and Drill Hole markers scattered across the wetlands.

Genealogists will find interest in the isolated Frankland Cem near Frankland Point, a small marker of human presence on a shoreline otherwise defined by tidal inlets like Lone Oak Bayou and expansive water bodies such as Lake Stephenson and Lake Surprise. Beyond the marshes, the terrain supports a mix of agriculture and industry, with a Corral and Pasture near the northern boundary and a Radio Facility and Pumping Sta indicating the infrastructure required to manage this low-lying Texas coast.