2016 Map of Mickey Draw East

About this map

Mickey Draw and Eightmile Draw define the drainage patterns of this Hudspeth County landscape, where the ephemeral water courses and man-made reservoirs like Melbeth Tank and Eightmile Tank illustrate the necessity of water management in the Trans-Pecos region. The terrain is traversed by remote transit corridors including Ranch Rd 1437 and Ranch Rd 1576, which connect the scattered ranching interests of the West Texas interior. This topographic study, produced with data from the 2014 NAIP imagery and the National Hydrography Dataset, serves as a record of the modern ranching infrastructure. Features such as Gallegos provide specific points of interest for those documenting the rural development and land use of the High Desert during the early twenty-first century.