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1979 Map of Wild Horse Creek

Name: 1979 Topographic Map of Wild Horse Creek
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1979
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1979

About this map

The Union Pacific railroad cuts through the northern landscape near the community of Palco, serving as a vital corridor for the region's agricultural and industrial output in the late 1970s. This survey reveals a terrain defined by extensive petroleum extraction, with the Cooper Oil Field, Marcotte Oil Field, and Trico Oil Field spanning the hills between the Wild Horse Creek and Tomcat Creek drainages.

Evidence of local community life is preserved in labels for the Church of the Nazarene and Pleasantview Cem, while the southern boundary is marked by the winding course of the Saline River and the Ogallah terrain. The map is particularly notable for its detailed recording of energy infrastructure, including a Pumping Sta and numerous individual Oil Wells, set against a backdrop of Shale Pits and Sandpits that speak to the area's geological utility.