2012 Map of Spring Creek Ranch

About this map

Spring Creek Ranch and the nearby Houghton Ranch anchor this landscape of the Texas Panhandle, where water management is the primary driver of human settlement. The map reveals an intricate network of livestock-supporting infrastructure, including numerous named windmills such as the Little Nelson Windmill and Antelope Windmill, alongside storage features like Buttermilk Tank. This reliance on subterranean water sources is complemented by a series of intermittent drainage systems, most notably Romero Cr and its W Fork Romero Cr, which carve through the high plains. The presence of Martha Houghton Lake Number 3 suggests managed water resources in an otherwise arid environment, connected by the straight-line utility of Ranch Road 767 and a web of ranching tracks that define the region's agricultural economy.