1970 Map of Pleasant Hill

About this map

Sulphur Springs Draw meanders across the northern reaches of this High Plains landscape, a terrain defined by the heavy footprint of the Permian Basin's energy economy. The extensive Wasson Field and an adjacent Oil Field dominate the southern half of the quadrangle, where a dense network of Oil Wells and pipelines underscores the region's industrial character. Scattered among these developments are the small community of Sligo and the Pleasant Hill area, which includes a local Cem. The map also captures infrastructure critical to this arid environment, such as a lone Water Tank, and several Gravel Pits that likely supported the construction of the grid-patterned access roads serving the numerous drill sites. This survey provides a precise record of the land before further expansion of twentieth-century secondary recovery techniques changed the surface profile.