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1985 Map of Muleshoe

Name: 1985 Topographic Map of Muleshoe
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1985
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1985

About this map

The expansive High Plains of the Texas Panhandle and South Plains are defined here by a rigid grid of agricultural roads and the critical paths of ephemeral watercourses. Muleshoe serves as a central hub, where the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad cuts a diagonal line across the landscape, linking settlements like Lariat and Sudan. The drainage patterns of Running Water Draw and Blackwater Draw reveal the natural topography that underlies the intensive farming operations of the region.

Smaller rural communities and named crossroads such as Lazbuddie, Oklahoma Lane, and Earth appear alongside specialized infrastructure, including the Edward Warren Field and various landing strips like High Plains Airport. The map also captures several terminal lakes characteristic of the Llano Estacado, such as Coyote Lake and Baileyboro Lake, which provide distinctive landmarks in an otherwise highly regularized section of Bailey, Lamb, Parmer, and Castro counties.