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2016 Map of McMahan

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

USGS Topo · Published 2016

About this map

McMahan sits at the intersection of FM 713 and Whizzerville Rd, anchoring a rural landscape defined by family-named cemeteries and agricultural water management. The terrain transitions from the low-lying Comanche Flats near Pecan Br to the elevation of Round Mtn in the southeast. Numerous small burial sites, including Fleming Memorial Cem and the nearby Jefrey Cem, are scattered across the quadrangle, indicating a long history of local kinship and community settlement patterns.

Surface water is heavily managed through a series of reservoirs, such as Soil Conservation Service Site 27 Reservoir and Soil Conservation Service Site 28 Reservoir, which support the drainages of Plum Creek and Tenney Cr. These infrastructure projects, alongside smaller settlements like Tilmon and Seawillow, reflect the 20th-century evolution of Caldwell County's ranching and farming economy as it adapted to the hydrology of the central Texas plains.