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In the Permian geologic period, North-Central Texas was a part of the western coastal zone of equatorial Pangea, a super-continental land mass. [1] Nearby uplifts and mountainous regions, such as the Muenster Arch and Red River Uplift, the Wichita, Arbuckle, and Ouachita mountains developed by the end of the Pennsylvanian, [2] providing elevated topography to the north and east during the Permian.
The Treasure Lake Job Corps site [now closed] is located here. Additional points of interest include the refuge's visitors center, Holy City of the Wichitas, Quanah Parker Lake & Dam, Lake Jed Johnson, and Lake Lawtonka. Great Plains State Park is located near the geographic center of the Wichita Mountains, north of the town of Mountain Park.
The Red Beds of Texas and Oklahoma are a group of Early Permian-age geologic strata in the southwestern United States cropping out in north-central Texas and south-central Oklahoma. They comprise several stratigraphic groups , including the Clear Fork Group , the Wichita Group , and the Pease River Group . [ 1 ]
Burkburnett (/ ˌ b ɜːr k b ɜːr ˈ n ɛ t /) is a city in Wichita County, Texas, United States. It is part of the Wichita Falls, Texas metropolitan statistical area . Its population was 10,939 at the 2020 census .
The Wichita Forest Reserve was established by the United States General Land Office in Oklahoma on July 4, 1901, with 57,120 acres (231.2 km 2).After the transfer of federal forests to the U.S. Forest Service in 1905, it became a National Forest on March 4, 1907, as Wichita National Forest.
Geographic Landscape of Oklahoma; Wichita Mountains . The geology of Oklahoma is characterized by Carboniferous rocks in the east, Permian rocks in the center and towards the west, and a cover of Tertiary deposits in the panhandle to the west. The panhandle of Oklahoma is also noted for its Jurassic rocks as well.
Structures of Kansas showing the Nemaha Uplift/Ridge. The Nemaha Ridge (also called the Nemaha Uplift and the Nemaha Anticline [1]) is located in the Central United States.It is a buried structural zone associated with a granite high in the Pre-Cambrian basement that extends from approximately Omaha, Nebraska to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Wichita County (/ ˈ w ɪ tʃ ɪ t ɔː / WITCH-ih-taw) is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 129,350. [1] The county seat is Wichita Falls. [2] The county was created in 1858 and organized in 1882. [3] Wichita County is part of the Wichita Falls, Texas, TX metropolitan statistical area.