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2017 Map of Alma

Name: 2017 Topographic Map of Alma
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2017
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2017

About this map

Alma sits at the nexus of major transport routes in Crawford County, where the Interstate corridor meets the natural drainage of Little Frog Bayou. The landscape is defined by the sweeping curves of the Arkansas River to the south, creating complex hydrologic features like Ozark Lake and the Arbuckle Island Cutoff. This survey highlights the distribution of small rural settlements including Yoestown, New Town, and Kibler, which are scattered among a network of family-named roads and agrarian tracts.

Genealogists will find a high concentration of burial sites throughout the quadrangle, from the Dyer Cem and Nelson Cem in the northeast to the smaller Beal Cem and Real Cem further south. The proximity of Lake Alma and the various sloughs, such as Crooked Slough and Courthouse Slough, illustrate the region's reliance on both man-made reservoirs and the shifting channels of the river for irrigation and drainage.