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1993 Map of Stowell

Name: 1993 Topographic Map of Stowell
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1994
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1994

About this map

The coastal prairie of Chambers County is defined by an intricate network of irrigation and navigation infrastructure in this early 1990s study. Much of the landscape is shaped by the Chambers-Liberty Counties Navigation District Canal and the East Devers Main Canal, which support the agricultural and industrial operations south of the Sea Breeze Oil Field. The neighboring communities of Winnie and Stowell serve as the primary hubs, featuring the E Chambers High Sch campus and the historic Fairview Cem.

The presence of the County Airport and its Airway Beacon near Dugat Road underscores the region's mid-century development as an aviation and oil production center. Natural waterways like Spindletop Bayou and Elm Bayou meander through the grid of rural routes such as Ogden Road and Plummer Road, illustrating the balance between the native wetlands and the engineered water management systems vital to the local economy.