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1969 Map of Petronila NE

Name: 1969 Topographic Map of Petronila NE
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1972
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1972

About this map

Nueces County oil and gas development dominates this landscape, characterized by the extensive grid of the Baldwin Oil Field and Shield Oil Field. The terrain is marked by a network of industrial pipelines and rural roads such as Violet South Road and Allen Road that service the numerous Oil Wells scattered across the coastal plains. Settlement is concentrated near the north, where the West Oso High Sch and Memory Gardens Cem sit just south of Corpus Christi.

Tracing the path of West Oso Creek reveals the transition from industrial extraction to the agricultural and suburban outskirts of the region. The map captures a period when energy production was the primary driver of land use, evidenced by the North Luby Oil Field in the southwest and the Refinery located in the southeast corner. The small community of Petronilla serves as a central waypoint in this production-heavy corridor.