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2012 Map of Van Lake

Name: 2012 Topographic Map of Van Lake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2012
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2012

About this map

Wisdom Temple and several legacy burial sites, including Dickerson Cem and Bowman Cem, anchor the rural landscape of northeast Texas as it appeared in the early 21st century. The area is defined by a sophisticated network of small reservoirs and drainage systems, including Garden Lake, Campbell Lake, and the three distinct basins of World Challenge Lake Number 1, 2, and 3. These water bodies, along with Van Lake, indicate the localized importance of water management for agriculture and residential development in this portion of Van Zandt County.

Transportation is dominated by the grid of county roads and state farm-to-market routes like FM-1253 and FM-1805 that connect the larger settlement of Van to outlying communities like Garden Valley and Jamestown. Creeks such as Village Cr and Rock Cr meander through the terrain, illustrating the natural watershed patterns that historic farmsteads followed before the modern expansion of these rural crossroads.