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2019 Map of Rhineland

Name: 2019 Topographic Map of Rhineland
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2019
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2019

About this map

Rhineland occupies a high point in the southeast corner of this Knox County landscape, overlooking a complex system of drainage and water storage. The meandering course of the Brazos River dominates the central terrain, bordered by wide wetland zones and fed by seasonal tributaries like Dutchman Cr and Red Cr. To the north, a distinctive geological feature known as The Narrows provides a topographic bottleneck amidst the high plains.

The distribution of named water tanks across the map, such as Waggoner Tank, West McClain Tank, and Horse Pasture Tank, reveals a landscape deeply managed for livestock and agricultural resilience in a semi-arid environment. Local reservoirs like Lake Davis and Lake Catharine serve as additional landmarks in the southwest, while a network of farm-to-market roads and county routes connects the scattered ranching infrastructure to the primary settlement at Rhineland.