Texas: Dilley Quadrangle

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Topographic quadrangle map of Dilley, Texas and the surrounding area, showing towns, roads, and borders. It is a polyconic projection map with relief shown by contours (interval 20 feet) and spot heights. Scale 1:62,500

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1 map ; 45 x 39 cm.

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United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. 1957.

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  • Geological Survey (U.S.) For sale by U. S. Geological Survey, Federal Center Denver, Colorado, or Washington 25, D. C.

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  • Main Title: Texas: Dilley Quadrangle
  • Added Title: Dilley, Texas
  • Added Title: Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army: Tactical Map

Description

Topographic quadrangle map of Dilley, Texas and the surrounding area, showing towns, roads, and borders. It is a polyconic projection map with relief shown by contours (interval 20 feet) and spot heights. Scale 1:62,500

Physical Description

1 map ; 45 x 39 cm.

Notes

"Base Maps; U.S. Dept of Agriculture Soil survey of Frio County, 1928 and Controlled Reconnaissance, Southern Dept., 1915."

"Drawn 1934. Partial Revision April 1942 from aerial photographs."

"Polyconic projection, North American datum."

"Prepared under the direction of Engineer, Eighth Corps Area."

"Relief indicated by contours and spot heights."

"Contour interval 20 feet. Datum is mean sea level."

"Revised and partially redrawn 1942 from Soil survey map of Zavala County and aerial photographs."

"Interior - Geological Survey, Washington, D.C. - 1957. "M R 3083."

"Dilley, Texas. N2830-W9900/15."

"Reprinted from military edition for civil use."

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  • Accession or Local Control No: HSU-0307002059243
  • Accession or Local Control No: 1.A.25
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth494141

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Abilene Library Consortium

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Jesse Wallace Williams Map Collection

Historic topographic maps of locations in Texas and surrounding states. The detailed maps include precise locations of roads, waterways, structures and more.

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  • 1957

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  • Sept. 16, 2014, 3:17 p.m.

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  • N:28.75, E:-99.0, S: 28.5, W:-99.25

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United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Texas: Dilley Quadrangle, map, 1957; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth494141/: accessed May 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hardin-Simmons University Library.

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