1952 Map of South of Palacios Point

About this map

Matagorda Peninsula stands as the primary topographical feature on this coastal sheet, separating the shallow waters of Matagorda Bay from the open Gulf of Mexico. Surveyed in the early 1950s using a combination of 1940s aerial photography and plane-table field work, the map captures a largely undeveloped shoreline where navigation and basic land use predominate. The presence of a Windmill and a survey marker at BM 9 denote the rare man-made structures on this narrow spit of land. Much of the sheet focuses on hydrographic data, detailing the depths and channels of Greens Bayou and the surrounding marine environment. This document is particularly useful for coastal researchers looking to establish a baseline for shoreline morphology before more recent decades of erosion and Gulf storms altered the peninsula's profile.