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1957 Map of Twin Buttes

Name: 1957 Topographic Map of Twin Buttes
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1978
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1978

About this map

Twin Buttes rises as a prominent landmark in this West Texas landscape, which is defined by a massive hydraulic engineering network near San Angelo. The map documents a period of significant change as the Middle Concho River and Spring Creek are harnessed into the expansive Twin Buttes Reservoir. These waters neighbor the established Lake Nasworthy and O C Fisher Lake, illustrating the region's intense mid-century focus on water management and recreation.

Industrial and cultural markers are visible throughout the terrain, from the Pulliam Oil Field and various pipelines to the tracks of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad. Local landmarks such as the Chapel-on-the-Hill and Nasworthy Hill provide specific points of interest for genealogists and local historians, while features like Pulliam Pt and Red Bluff Slough detail the evolving shoreline and drainage patterns as they existed in the late 1950s.