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2013 Map of Pertle Creek

Name: 2013 Topographic Map of Pertle Creek
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2013
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2013

About this map

The south-central Texas brush country of McMullen County is defined here by a network of drainage basins and family-owned water improvements. Numerous named tanks and small reservoirs, such as Beckman Lake Number 1 and Kuykendall Lake, indicate a landscape carefully managed for ranching. The complex hydrology is driven by the intermittent flow of Leoncita Cr and its tributaries, including the N Prong Leoncita Cr and W Prong Leoncita Cr, which carve through the terrain alongside Pertle Creek.

Private landholdings and ranching infrastructure are marked by a limited road network, including the evocative High Lonesome and Franklin Ranch Rd. The repetition of family names across features, such as A R Kuykendall Lake and T R Kuykendall Lake, or L L Graham Lake and Grace Graham Lake, provides a clear map of local heritage and the historical footprint of specific families on this semi-arid landscape.