2010 Map of Lenz

About this map

Karnes City sits at the northern edge of this South Texas landscape, where the prairie begins to break into a sophisticated network of water management and flood control. The terrain is defined by the headwaters and tributaries of several prominent waterways, including Escondido Creek, Olmos Creek, and Bucker Creek. A striking feature of this 2010 survey is the extensive Soil Conservation Service infrastructure, with numbered dams and reservoirs like Soil Conservation Service Site 12 Reservoir and Soil Conservation Service Site 4 Reservoir distributed across the drainage basins of Doe Branch and Panther Creek. The settlement of Lenz anchors the southwestern quadrant, while the New Bremen Cemetery provides a point of genealogical interest for those tracing family ties to the rural communities northwest of the county seat. The map reveals how local agriculture and ranching have adapted to the watershed through a dense web of county roads and specific conservation engineering.