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2024 Map of Banks

Name: 2024 Topographic Map of Banks
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2024
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2024

About this map

The lowlands of the Mississippi Delta meet the bluffs of DeSoto County in this detailed modern record of the land south of Memphis. The transition from the flat, ditch-drained agricultural plains of Tunica Resorts and Banks to the rising terrain of the loess bluffs is marked by the course of Whites Creek and the southern edge of Chief Chisca Lake. This boundary is a focal point for local history, where the grid-like plantation roads of the bottoms give way to winding residential lanes like Rainbow Dr and Tecumseh Bluff near Lake Mussacuma.

Family history and local heritage are anchored by long-standing community sites such as Eudora, which features the Eudora Baptist Cem and the Second Eudora MB Church Cem. To the south, the landscape is shaped by the backwaters of the Coldwater River and the northern reaches of Arkabutla Lake. The map meticulously details the drainage network that defines this region, from Big Six Ditch to Lake Cormorant Bayou, reflecting a century of hydraulic management used to maintain the productive Delta farmland.