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1952 Map of North Of Port Isabel NW

Name: 1952 Topographic Map of North Of Port Isabel NW
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1953
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1953

About this map

Padre Island dominates this coastal survey, revealing a landscape of constant movement along the Texas barrier coast in the early 1950s. The sheet documents the interplay between the Gulf of Mexico and the shallow waters of the Laguna Madre, where the interior island terrain is defined by vast Sand Flats and prominent Shifting sand dunes reaching elevations of up to 23 feet.

Evidence of human presence is sparse in this dynamic environment, centered primarily on the small settlement of Camwill located near the Willacy Co Cameron Co Approximate Bdy. The geography is characterized by its instability, with the map explicitly noting that water stages vary with meteorological conditions. Of particular interest to local historians is the geodetic marker at Negro, a fixed point of reference in an otherwise drifting maritime frontier.