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2010 Map of W T Ranch

Name: 2010 Topographic Map of W T Ranch
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2010
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2010

About this map

W T Ranch anchors this portion of Reeves County, serving as the namesake for a landscape defined by the essential infrastructure of West Texas cattle ranching. The 2010 survey illustrates a complex water management system where ephemeral drainages like Fourmile Draw, Coalson Draw, and W T Draw are supplemented by man-made catchments. These water sources, labeled as tanks, include Rabbit Tank, Carruthers Tank, and the descriptively named Seven Up Tank.

Remote livestock operations are further supported by isolated mechanical features such as Oscar Windmill and High Lonesome Windmill, which signify the constant effort to pull water from the arid ground. The transportation network is sparse, consisting primarily of Ranch Rd 2119 and several county roads like Co Rd 232, which cut through the open range to connect these far-flung agricultural outposts. This map captures the modern state of a traditional ranching environment where every named feature relates back to the fundamental needs of land and livestock.