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1968 Map of Wakita SW

Name: 1968 Topographic Map of Wakita SW
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1990
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1990

About this map

Oil and gas development defines the landscape of this Grant County region, where the Wakita Field and Cherokee Trend Oil and Gas Field intersect. Numerous extraction points like Oil Well and Gas Well are interspersed among the section lines, suggesting an era of significant energy production that transformed traditional farming tracts. The industrial footprint is further evidenced by a Pumping Station and Radio Tower, while the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad provides the primary transportation corridor through the north.

Local civic life is anchored by landmarks like the Prairie Queen Church and Gore School, serving rural families near the Gore Valley Oil and Gas Field. Waterways such as Crooked Creek and Lynch Creek wind through the terrain, leading toward the Three Lakes area. In the southern portion, the B A R R and Rock Island rail lines cross the landscape near the drainage of Spring Creek, while the Wakita Cemetery sits as a quiet landmark at the northern edge of the survey.