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2012 Map of Shallowater

Name: 2012 Topographic Map of Shallowater
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2012
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2012

About this map

Shallowater stands as the primary residential and commercial hub on the Llano Estacado in this early 21st-century portrait of Lubbock County. The town's grid is clearly defined, with numbered streets like 16th St and named avenues situated just north of the diagonal path of Clovis Rd. This highway serves as a major regional artery, connecting the main town site to smaller peripheral developments and agricultural tracts.

The surrounding landscape is marked by a precise network of farm-to-market and county roads, reflecting the organized agricultural geometry of the Texas Panhandle. Features like Broadview and the Hillcrest Golf Course illustrate the transition from dense town lots to broader rural use. Tracing routes such as FM-1729 and FM-1294 reveals the spatial relationship between individual homesteads and the infrastructure supporting the local farming economy.