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2022 Map of Nazareth SW

Name: 2022 Topographic Map of Nazareth SW
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2022
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

The High Plains of Castro County appear here as a vast grid of agricultural land, defined by a rigid network of county roads and drainage patterns characteristic of the Texas Panhandle. The landscape is dominated by playa lakes—shallow, circular depressions that dot the terrain between the intersections of roads like Fm 2567 and Co Rd 612. These ephemeral basins are the primary topographical features in an otherwise level expanse, serving as critical collection points for runoff in this semi-arid region.

Transportation is purely functional, with long, straight thoroughfares such as Co Rd 518 and Co Rd 523 providing access to the large-scale farming and ranching operations that define the local economy. The surveyor's grid is remarkably intact, showing how land division has shaped the movement and settlement patterns of this section of the Llano Estacado. Sparse infrastructure consists almost entirely of these rural routes, including Co Rd 610 and Co Rd 617, which connect the disparate farmsteads and agricultural plots.