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1969 Map of Mustang Valley

Name: 1969 Topographic Map of Mustang Valley
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1992
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1992

About this map

Mustang Valley defines this portion of the Texas Hill Country, where the landscape is carved by a network of seasonal watercourses and drainage basins. Surveyed in the late 1960s, the map reveals a rural economy centered on water management and resource extraction, characterized by numerous Gravel Pits and isolated water sources like Mustang Tank and Black Tank. The perennial flow of Hondo Creek serves as the primary geographic anchor, featuring the notable King Waterhole and a Gaging Sta to monitor the vital water levels of the arid region.

The distribution of ranching infrastructure is evident through the fine red lines marking selected fence lines, which weave between the limestone-rich valleys of Verde Creek and East Branch Live Oak Creek. This topography, dominated by elevations that reach toward the Edwards Plateau to the north, shows a landscape sparsely populated but heavily utilized for its limestone and gravel, with many pits concentrated along the lower reaches of Mustang Creek.