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1969 Map of Manchester SW

Name: 1969 Topographic Map of Manchester SW
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1971
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1971

About this map

The Salt Fork Arkansas River carves through this northern Oklahoma landscape, feeding into the expansive Great Salt Plains Reservoir. This 1969 survey captures a unique ecological and industrial intersection within the Great Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge, where specialized terrain features like the Salt Plains dominate the western half of the quadrangle. The map details the early management of this environment through features like the Fish Hatchery and numerous water control points such as Upper Dog Pond.

Human settlement and extraction are concentrated on the eastern side of the river. The small community of Vining is situated near the Great Salt Plains State Park, while the rural interior is dotted with Gas Wells and an Oil Well. Local history is preserved in the locations of Union Valley Ch and Ware Cem, alongside infrastructure like the Landing Strip and a significant Pipeline corridor traversing the plains of Beard and Parsons.