1970 Map of Tokio NW

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Prentice Oil and Gas Field dominates the landscape of this Yoakum County survey, where an extensive network of pipelines and wells reveals the intensive petroleum production of the early 1970s. The industrial development is superimposed over a naturally subtle terrain, most notably marked by the passage of Sulphur Springs Draw through the southwestern portion of the sheet. The mapping of multiple Gravel Pits alongside the petroleum infrastructure indicates a period of significant extraction and utility construction. This 1970 field check by the Texas Water Development Board and USGS captures the transition of the West Texas plains into a high-density energy corridor, preserving the exact layout of the lease roads and resource lines that defined the local economy during this era.