2016 Map of Raven Creek South

About this map

Eskota sits at the southwestern edge of this landscape, marking a meeting point of several West Texas counties. The map documents a sparsely populated ranching region where the boundaries of Fisher, Nolan, Jones, and Taylor counties converge. Water is the defining feature of the topography, with a complex network of ephemeral drainages such as Raven Creek, the South Fork, and Dry Cr cutting through the terrain. To the south, the curiously named Stink Cr and its tributary Little Stink Cr wind through the hills, followed closely by Stink Creek Rd. The road network is primarily composed of county routes and farm-to-market roads like FM 1085, which facilitate travel between the scattered homesteads and the nearby county lines. This survey captures the rural character of the area where the rolling plains begin to transition into the more broken country of the southern Rolling Plains.