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2010 Map of Slate Shoals

Name: 2010 Topographic Map of Slate Shoals
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2010
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2010

About this map

The Red River defines the northern boundary of this Texas-Oklahoma borderland, where the terrain is marked by a series of engineered water management sites. Numerous Soil Conservation Service dams, such as Soil Conservation Service Site 18 Dam and Stallings Lake Dam, are scattered throughout the landscape, reflecting an era of focused land reclamation and watershed control. These structures, along with the Howard Lake Dam, suggest a transition from the river's natural flood cycles to a more managed agricultural environment.

Small communities like Slate Shoals and Medill serve as local hubs, connected by a network of farm-to-market roads including FM 906 and FM 195. For the genealogist, the map preserves the locations of several burial grounds, including Oak Hill Cemetery and Newbethel Cemetery, while the presence of the Womack Plantation Airport near Womack Lake points to the continued role of larger landholdings in the local economy during the early twenty-first century.