2019 Map of Wolfforth NW

About this map

Agricultural patterns and a rigid surveyor's grid define this portion of the Texas Panhandle in Hockley County. The landscape is characterized by its signature playa lakes—ephemeral basins that dot the terrain between extensive irrigation networks and rural homesteads. This modern survey illustrates the enduring geometry of the Llano Estacado, where primary thoroughfares like Fm 168 and Fm 1294 intersect a secondary web of roads named for distant states, including Iowa Rd, Kansas Rd, and Delaware Rd. These named corridors, alongside family-named routes such as Fisher Rd and Howard Rd, serve as the primary markers for local land tracts. The map captures a moment of modern rural infrastructure, showing the sparse but persistent settlement pattern of the High Plains, where access to water and the layout of the section lines dictate the placement of every farmstead and thoroughfare, such as the northern Louisiana Rd.