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2016 Map of Seaton

Name: 2016 Topographic Map of Seaton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2016
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2016

About this map

Agricultural life in eastern Bell County defines this 2016 landscape, where a network of rural farm roads connects a string of long-established settlements. Along the transition into Falls County, small communities like Seaton, Zabcikville, and Ratibor remain focal points of the local geography. The area is heavily intersected by the tributaries of Big Elm Cr, with several family-named landmarks and historical sites still marked, such as Seaton Cem and Dyess Cem.

Evidence of the region's educational and social history persists in road names like Content School Rd, while the hydrography is dominated by meandering waterways like Ratibor Br and Camp Cr. Small-scale water features like Marek Lake and the branching Cyclone Br near the community of Cyclone illustrate the drainage patterns that have shaped farming and settlement in this portion of the Texas Blackland Prairies for generations.