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2016 Map of Lawton

Name: 2016 Topographic Map of Lawton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2016
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2016

About this map

Lawton serves as the focal point of this Comanche County landscape, revealing an extensive urban grid that transitions into a complex hydrologic network of creeks and small reservoirs. The presence of the Rock Island Depot reflects the community's historic ties to the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, while Cameron University anchors the city's northwestern sector. Transportation infrastructure is prominent, with the Lawton-Fort Sill Regional Airport and the smaller Neuwirth Airstrip serving the region's aviation needs.

Water management is a defining characteristic of the surrounding countryside, marked by numerous small bodies of water like Oknoname 031051 Reservoir and the Mercer Minnow Ponds. The drainage system is dictated by waterways such as Wolf Creek and Snake Creek, which carve through the plains south of the main settlement. This topography illustrates the careful balance of mid-20th-century urban expansion and rural agricultural water needs in south-central Oklahoma.