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2022 Map of Trosado Tank

Name: 2022 Topographic Map of Trosado Tank
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2022
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

Water management dominates this arid stretch of Maverick County, where a complex network of tanks and creeks defines the land use and ranching history. Distinctive man-made reservoirs like Trosado Tank, Coyote Tank, and Pescado Tank are distributed across the landscape to capture seasonal runoff, a necessity for sustaining life and livestock in this South Texas environment. The presence of these named water sources suggests a long history of range management and perhaps ancestral homesteads nearby.

Drainage systems such as Salado Cr and Mustang Cr cut through the terrain, leading toward larger bodies like Saner Lake Number 3 and Roswell Lake. Transportation is limited to the corridor of FM 481, which provides the primary link through this sparsely populated region. This survey captures a moment in the modern era where the traditional reliance on small-scale water catchment systems remains as vital as ever to the local geography.