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2019 Map of Panhandle West

Name: 2019 Topographic Map of Panhandle West
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2019
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2019

About this map

Panhandle serves as the primary urban center for this High Plains landscape, where a dense street grid of numbered thoroughfares and named routes like Pecan Ave and Maple Ave meets the open agricultural expanses of Carson County. The settlement patterns follow a strict cardinal grid of rural roads, including FM 1342 and Ranch Rd 293, which define the large-scale ranching and farming tracts. The terrain is marked by ephemeral water features such as Pantex Lake in the northwest and the winding course of McClellan Creek to the southeast.

Transportation and infrastructure are central to the area's layout, with the small settlement of Lee situated along the major highway corridor that bisects the quadrangle. Aviation history is noted by the presence of Stamps Field just outside the main town. The drainage patterns of McClellan Creek illustrate the subtle topography of the Texas Panhandle, where seasonal watercourses create the only breaks in the otherwise level horizon.