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2015 Map of Bayouville

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

USGS Topo · Published 2015

About this map

Pinhook and the Village of Pinhook sit in the low-lying agricultural plains of Mississippi County, where the landscape is defined by extensive drainage infrastructure and Missouri’s complex relationship with the Mississippi River. This corner of the Bootheel reflects a highly engineered environment, where networks like the Spillway Ditch, Wilkerson Ditch, and Saint Johns Diversion Ditch manage the water levels of the floodplain. These efforts reclaim land between natural features such as Sixmile Ponds and the bend of the river.

Evidence of earlier land use survives at Sugar Tree Ridge and along the banks of James Bayou. Genealogists and local historians can locate the Barker Cemetery near the center of the sheet and the Sugar Tree Ridge Cemetery further south toward Bayouville. The map also captures the interstate boundary where Missouri and Kentucky meet at the Bend of Island Number 8, a reminder of how the river's shifting course has historically dictated state lines.