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2017 Map of Austin

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

USGS Topo · Published 2017

About this map

Harrisonville anchors the northwest corner of this Cass County landscape, where the urban edge of the city meets the agricultural expanses of western Missouri. The terrain is defined by a series of prominent elevations including Snowball Hill, Bodenhammer Hill, and Emrick Hill, which overlook a network of watercourses like Eightmile Cr and Tennessee Cr. This modern survey reveals a countryside punctuated by small historic nodes such as Daugherty and Austin, alongside the legacy of local families preserved in the Pleasant Valley Cem, Reed Cem, and Vansandt Cem.

The southern portion of the map is shaped by the South Grand River and Black Cr, winding through the lowlands of Mound Valley. Transportation is a central theme, with the high-speed corridor of S State Rte 7 and the Lawrence Smith Memorial Airport providing modern connectivity, while a dense grid of secondary roads facilitates access to remote farmsteads and agricultural reservoirs like Kurzweil Lake and Hartzler Lake.