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2019 Map of Sundown

Name: 2019 Topographic Map of Sundown
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2019
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2019

About this map

The petroleum industry defines the rural grid of this West Texas landscape, where the town of Sundown serves as a hub for the surrounding oil fields. The region's energy heritage is written directly into the road names, with routes like Black Gold Rd, Gusher Rd, and Drill Stem crisscrossing the plains. These industrial corridors carve through the natural features of the Prairie and Sandhills, framing a geometric pattern of development that extends from the Hockley Co Terry Co line northward.

Local history is anchored at the Sundown Cem and the small settlement of Clauene to the east. The terrain is marked by ephemeral features like Lost Draw, while evocative names such as Stampede and Wagon Wheel suggest the earlier ranching and frontier roots of the area before the modern oil boom. This survey captures a specific moment in the evolution of the South Plains, documenting the infrastructure of a community deeply tied to its subsurface resources.