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2019 Map of Lariat

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

USGS Topo · Published 2019

About this map

Lariat sits at a junction of rail and road on the high plains of the Texas Panhandle, positioned along the border between Parmer and Bailey counties. This agricultural landscape is defined by a grid of section roads and the subtle, ephemeral drainage patterns of the Llano Estacado. The terrain is marked by seasonal watercourses including Progress Draw, Lariat Draw, and the larger Blackwater Draw to the south, which historically influenced early settlement and travel through this semi-arid region.

Family history and local heritage are preserved in the presence of the Oklahoma Lane Cemetery in the northeast and West Camp Cemetery to the southwest. These landmarks, along with the transition from Ranch Road 1731 to FM 1731, provide essential geographic markers for researchers tracing the development of ranching and farming communities in this part of West Texas during the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.