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2022 Map of Yale

Name: 2022 Topographic Map of Yale
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2022
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

Yale anchors the northern portion of this Payne County landscape, where the street grid transitions into a vast network of rural section-line roads and creek drainages. The Cimarron River carves a sweeping path through the center and southeast, its floodplains flanked by small settlements such as Cartoco and Schlegel. The mapping of these minor locales, alongside outlying rail points like Gano, provides a clear view of the regional settlement pattern before urban expansion altered many small Oklahoma communities.

Genealogists can identify key burial sites including Underwood Cem and Greenwood Cem, which serve as vital landmarks for local family history research. The terrain is defined by a series of significant watercourses, from Salt Creek in the northwest to Skull Creek and Euchee Creek in the south. In the southwest corner, the map shows the northern edge of Cushing, illustrating its proximity to the rural oil-and-agriculture lands that surround it.