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2011 Map of Blairs

Name: 2011 Topographic Map of Blairs
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2011
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2011

About this map

Blairs and the surrounding Pittsylvania County countryside are defined by a network of drainage basins and rural crossroads at the beginning of the 2010s. The landscape is carved by significant waterways like Sandy Creek and Birch Creek, which are fed by numerous small tributaries including Turkeyfoot Branch and Lawless Creek. The map documents the spatial arrangement of established settlements such as Keeling, Kentuck, and Chestnut Level, connected by a dense web of local routes and named lanes like Malmaison Rd and Raven Hollow Rd.

Infrastructure is concentrated near Beaver Park and the western corridor, while the interior remains predominantly agricultural. Local recreation and water management are evident at Owens Fishing Lakes and the KOA Camp Dam, which impounds KOA Camp Lake. Further east, the Thornton Dam represents another point of hydrological control on the landscape. This survey provides a clear view of the rural-to-suburban transition occurring northeast of the Danville area during this period.