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2010 Map of McQueen

Name: 2010 Topographic Map of McQueen
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2010
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2010

About this map

McQueen serves as the primary point of reference in this landscape of Harmon County, situated within a strictly organized grid of rural roads. The area is defined by a sophisticated water management system that transformed the local drainage patterns. Numerous water control structures, such as Tri-County Turkey Creek Site 21 Dam and Tri-County Turkey Creek Site 3 Dam, have created a series of numbered reservoirs along the course of Turkey Creek.

These impoundments, including Tri-County Turkey Creek Site 12 Reservoir and Tri-County Turkey Creek Site 7 Reservoir, indicate a mid-to-late 20th-century effort to mitigate erosion and manage runoff in the southern plains. The terrain is further etched by Cottonwood Creek in the south, while the relentless geometry of section-line roads like n1840 RD and e1600 RD illustrates the enduring impact of the Public Land Survey System on Oklahoma's rural geography.