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2010 Map of Pearson

Name: 2010 Topographic Map of Pearson
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2010
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2010

About this map

Romulus and Pearson anchor this rural landscape in central Oklahoma, where a systematic network of flood control structures has fundamentally reshaped the hydrology of the Salt Creek watershed. The map documents a high concentration of engineered reservoirs, including Salt Creek Site 1 Reservoir and Salt Creek Site 24 Reservoir, each managed by specific dams like Salt Creek Site 2 Dam and Salt Creek Site 23 Dam. These features illustrate the mid-to-late 20th-century effort to manage soil erosion and water runoff in the region's agricultural heartland.

Evidence of the local extractive economy is found at the Louis Oil Field, while the area's genealogical history is preserved at Romulus Cemetery and Avoca Cemetery. The settlement of Avoca sits near the junction of Cat Creek and several rural routes, while smaller locales like Anderson are identified along the grid of section roads that define the terrain between Cottonwood Creek and Blacksmith Creek.