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2015 Map of Aldrich

Name: 2015 Topographic Map of Aldrich
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2015
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2015

About this map

Stockton Lake dominates the central landscape of this western Missouri quadrangle, where the impounded waters of the Little Sac River and its many tributaries have altered the traditional valley topography. The village of Aldrich sits at a geographic crossroads along the eastern shore, positioned near where the river transitions into the reservoir's southern reaches. This area is a patchwork of small-scale agriculture and rugged relief, defined by features like Pea Ridge Hollow and Cow Ford Hollow that drain toward the basin.

Local history and genealogy are well-preserved through numerous family-named landmarks and rural burial sites. Scattered across the hills are the Akard Cemetery, Trimble Cemetery, and McDaniel Cemetery, among others, which serve as markers of early settlement patterns before the creation of the lake. High points like Indian Hill, Knothead Hill, and Turkey Knob provide a view of a terrain once defined by the river's original course through Polk, Cedar, and Dade counties.