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2010 Map of Wolfforth NE

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

USGS Topo · Published 2010

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Agricultural infrastructure and oil-field development define this portion of the Llano Estacado north of Lubbock. The small settlement of Emerson sits at the junction of several farm-to-market roads, surrounded by a rigid grid of namesake thoroughfares like Kansas Rd, Iowa Rd, and Georgia Rd. These roads reflect the early 20th-century colonization patterns when land developers marketed the South Plains to Midwestern farmers.

Modern resource extraction and local transport are evident through the Shallowater Water Field and the curiously named Biggin HillginHill Airport-ort in the north. The survey details the complex system of rural numbering and state routes, including Fm 2130 and N Fm 2378-n C R 1000, which provide the essential framework for the region's cotton and energy economies. Numerous small depressions across the landscape mark the characteristic playas of the High Plains.