Salado Draw Oil Field and the El Mar Oil Field define the industrial character of this corner of New Mexico, where energy extraction meets the arid terrain of the Delaware Basin. The landscape is marked by a network of drainage systems and depressions, including the prominent Salado Draw and the erosional features of the Paduca Breaks. Life in this high-desert environment is anchored by essential water infrastructure, documented here through a series of named tanks such as Needmore Tank, Christian Tank, and W Dinwiddie Tank. A sparsely populated grid of thoroughfares like Battle Axe Rd and Dinwiddie Rd connects these remote resource-extraction sites across the flats of Rattlesnake Flat and the elevations of the Red Hills.
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1954 · Hobbs
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1954 · Pecos
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1957 · Pecos
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1958 · Hobbs
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1969 · Kyle Ranch
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1969 · Rudd Draw NE
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1970 · Brunson Ranch
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1973 · Bell Lake
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1973 · Paduca Breaks NW
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1973 · Paduca Breaks East
USGS Topo · 1:24,000