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2017 Map of Anniston

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

USGS Topo · Published 2017

About this map

Anniston serves as the central hub of this Mississippi County landscape, where the rectilinear grid of local roads and drainage laterals meets the meandering natural hydrology of the Missouri bootheel. The town, defined by Walnut St and Russell St, is surrounded by a complex system of agricultural water management, including the Wolf Hole Lateral and Spillway Ditch. These man-made channels cut through a terrain once dominated by low-lying wetlands, now evidenced by features like James Bayou and the Ricefield Pond area.

To the west, the edge of East Prairie and the Airline Acres development sit near the Mississippi County Airport, indicating the region's 21st-century infrastructure. Smaller named settlements like Samos and Henson are found in the northern reaches, connected by a network of rural routes such as State Hwy D and the Birds Point New Madrid Levee Rd, which provides vital flood protection for these alluvial plains.