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1972 Map of Richland

Name: 1972 Topographic Map of Richland
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1983
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1983

About this map

The North Canadian River winds through this central Oklahoma landscape, defining the topography south of the St Louis and San Francisco Railroad. The mapping captures a period of suburban expansion as Oklahoma City and Yukon corporate boundaries begin to converge near established rural communities like Richland and Banner. The transition from agrarian roots to modern infrastructure is evident in the presence of a large Feedlot and Sewage Disposal Ponds juxtaposed against historic sites like Frisco Cem and St Johns Sch Cemetery.

Transport corridors dominate the southern portion of the sheet, where the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad runs parallel to major thoroughfares. Local education and community life are anchored by Central Sch and Kimbell Park in the developing street grid of Yukon, while the northern reaches maintain a more open character near Northwood Lake and the drainages of Deer Creek and Uncle John Creek.