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1967 Map of Turkey

Name: 1967 Topographic Map of Turkey
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1981
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1981

About this map

The town of Turkey serves as the hub of this Panhandle landscape, where the flat plains of the Caprock transition into a labyrinth of erosional features. The Fort Worth and Denver railroad cuts across the lower half of the quadrangle, facilitating the movement of cattle and crops through this rural corridor. North of the settlement, the terrain drops away into the dramatic incisions of Lost Mule Canyon and Gyp Canyon, where the Little Red River meanders through a complex network of draws and breaks.

Water management is the primary marker of human activity outside the town site, with numerous named catchments such as Timmons Tank and Green Tank, alongside essential livestock infrastructure like the Big Mule Creek Windmill. Local social life and transit are evidenced by the Drive-in Theater and Roadside Park, while the county line between Briscoe and Hall counties bisects the rugged canyon country. Purple revisions from 1979 highlight the evolving nature of the town's footprint near the Athletic Field.