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1962 Map of Spring Creek

Name: 1962 Topographic Map of Spring Creek
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1965
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1965

About this map

The North Fork Red River carves a broad, braided path across this Wheeler County landscape, serving as the dominant hydrological feature of the region. Surveyed in the early 1960s, the terrain reveals a transition from the agricultural uplands to the industrial activity concentrated in the Fort Worth and Denver Gas and Oil Field to the south. Numerous Oil Wells dot the southern reaches, indicating the importance of petroleum extraction to the local economy during this era.

Water management and resource extraction are further evidenced by a series of tributaries including Sweetwater Creek, Graham Creek, and Spring Creek. The map documents early industrial infrastructure through labels for a Substation, a Sandpit, and several Gravel Pits. These features, combined with an extensive network of pipelines, illustrate how the natural landscape was being utilized for energy and construction materials at the time of the survey.