Wardswell Draw and Seminole Draw carve a distinct drainage path through the West Texas landscape of Gaines County. This high plains terrain is defined by a rigid grid of rural infrastructure, where routes like Telephone Rd and Fairview Rd connect outlying ranching and agricultural tracts to the city of Seminole. The map illustrates the 21st-century configuration of local access, including an extensive network of county roads such as Co Rd 104 and Co Rd 404. These arterial tracks reflect the enduring importance of the oil and cotton economy in the Llano Estacado region, showing how the land has been partitioned for industrial and agricultural use. While much of the area appears as open acreage, the presence of localized roads like Co Rd 402 and Ranch Rd 1429 indicates clusters of rural activity and property divisions established over decades of settlement.
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1954 · Hobbs
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1958 · Hobbs
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1969 · Seminole SW
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1970 · Seagraves SW
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1970 · Seminole NE
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1970 · Cedar Point Ranch
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1970 · Seagraves SE
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1970 · McKenzie Lake NW
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1970 · Seminole SE
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1970 · Loop SW
USGS Topo · 1:24,000