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1969 Map of Wild Horse Canyon

Name: 1969 Topographic Map of Wild Horse Canyon
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1973
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1973

About this map

The Ward Ranch and Seaborn Ranch anchor the high plateau of Crockett County on this late 1960s survey. The landscape is defined by an intricate network of dry drainage systems, most notably the winding Wild Horse Canyon and the sharply cut Shaggy Canyon. These features characterize the Edwards Plateau's karst topography, where seasonal water flow has carved deep relief into the limestone surface.

Energy extraction and livestock management are the primary human imprints on this remote West Texas terrain. Scattered Gas Wells appear in the southern portions of the map near the Adams Ranch, while life for cattle is sustained by features like the Sulphur Windmill. Notable local place names like Bull Clod Draw, Jesus Draw, and Bean Draw reveal the cultural history of the ranching frontier during an era when the Radio Tower at the map's southern edge served as one of the few technological landmarks in the region.