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1964 Map of Navidad

Name: 1964 Topographic Map of Navidad
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1983
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1983

About this map

The Lavaca River meanders through the boundary between Lavaca and Jackson counties, defining a landscape of deep oxbows and creek hollows. This 1960s terrain, revised with late 1970s data, reveals the industrial footprint of the Navidad Gas Field and McDaniel Gas Field, which dot the plains alongside numerous unnamed wells and pipelines. These energy operations exist in close proximity to the region's older rural landmarks, such as Roughs Chapel and a cluster of family-named burial grounds including Wilkerson Cem and Cox Cem.

Drainage patterns are dominated by the winding river and its tributaries like Chicolette Creek and Knobby Branch, which feed into natural features like Horseshoe Lake. The settlement pattern is sparse, centered on the Robinson Ranch and the small locality of Navidad, illustrating the transition from a traditional ranching economy to one increasingly shaped by mid-century petroleum extraction and pipeline infrastructure.