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1967 Map of Mc Alester SW

Name: 1967 Topographic Map of Mc Alester SW
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1980
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1980

About this map

The U S Army Mc Alester Ammunition Depot dominates the central landscape of this Oklahoma survey, illustrating a massive grid-like network of roads and bunkers including Road Three, Road Four, and Road Five. This military infrastructure is supported by specialized transportation lines like the Stanton Government Railroad and the U S Government Railroad, which interface with the regional Missouri-Kansas-Texas line.

Natural and cultural landmarks frame the industrial depot, from the Memorial Cem near Whisky Knob to the water resources at Rocket Lake and Brown Lake. In the southern reaches, the terrain softens toward Big Prairie Ridge and Coal Hill, where the drainage of Boggy Creek and Sassafras Creek carves through the undulating topography. The map reveals the immense scale of mid-century ordnance storage and the integration of national defense infrastructure into the Oklahoma countryside.