2019 Map of Mustang Bayou

About this map

Mustang Bayou and Halls Bayou wind through this coastal prairie landscape between Alvin and Hitchcock, defining a region shaped by industrial development and agricultural water management. The presence of the Chocolate Bayou Rice Canal and the Monsanto Reservoir illustrates the complex infrastructure required to support both the local rice farming tradition and the heavy industrial corridor along the Galveston and Brazoria county line. Large-scale industrial footprints are prominent, including the Equitar Chemical Plant and Amoco Chemical Company, which sit alongside natural features like Duck Lake and the twin basins of Mustang Lake West and Mustang Lake East. This 2019 survey also preserves the location of the German Cem near the northern border, providing a small but vital link for genealogists to the area's earlier settlement history amidst the modern sprawling refineries and chemical works.