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2015 Map of Bertrand

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

USGS Topo · Published 2015

About this map

Bertrand sits at the heart of this agricultural landscape in Mississippi Co, Missouri, where the gridded fields of the Bootheel are defined by an extensive drainage network. This modern survey illustrates how the land has been engineered for farming, with significant water management features like North Cut Ditch, Muddy Ditch, and Brushy Lake Ditch cutting across the terrain. These man-made channels are essential to the region's productivity, reflecting a century-old legacy of transforming wetlands into fertile cropland.

Small settlements such as Diehlstadt and Porter are connected by a web of county roads, while Maynard Cemetery and Oak Grove Cemetery provide points of interest for those tracing local family histories. The boundary between Scott Co and Mississippi Co zigzags through the center of the sheet, dividing a landscape where transportation routes like Mo-NN and Mo-O facilitate the movement of goods in this active rural economy.