2022 Map of Phillips Camp

About this map

Phillips Camp stands as a distinct human marker in the northern Panhandle landscape, where the flat plains of Hansford County give way to the intricate drainage system of Coldwater Creek. This map captures the relationship between the straight-line geometry of the agricultural grid and the meandering natural topography of the creek’s valley. The winding course of the creek creates a network of deep-cut draws and ridges that break the open prairie, a terrain that historically dictated the placement of roads and homesteads. Local movement across this northern Texas corridor is defined by a series of graded routes such as County Road 9 and County Road D, which navigate the elevation changes where the high plains drop toward the stream bed.