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2013 Map of Beechwood

Name: 2013 Topographic Map of Beechwood
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2013
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2013

About this map

The Little Blue River winds through this rural Crawford County landscape, creating a complex drainage network that includes the Turkey Fork and Stinking Fork. This area of southern Indiana is defined by small, dispersed settlements like Beechwood, Sulphur, and Deuchars, connected by a web of county roads such as Co RD-58 and S Beechwood Rd. The topography is marked by significant elevation changes, particularly as the terrain descends toward the southern boundary at the Ohio River.

Strategic landmarks like the Buzzard Roost Lookout Tower provide vantage points over the heavily wooded and creek-carved hills. Further east, the settlement of Fredonia sits above the river valley, while the northern portion of the map is bisected by a major interstate corridor. This survey captures a moment in time where old crossroads communities like Jericho and Sulphur Springs persist alongside modern transportation routes, maintaining a pattern of land use centered on the region's steep valleys and limestone-influenced waterways.