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1970 Map of Bloomsdale

Name: 1970 Topographic Map of Bloomsdale
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1972
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1972

About this map

The Mississippi River serves as the focal point of this 1970s landscape, marking the boundary between Illinois and Missouri as it winds past Fort Chartres State Park. On the Missouri side, the St Louis San Francisco railroad follows the river's edge, connecting the riverfront settlements of Brickeys and Clement. The terrain here is deeply carved by numerous drainages, most notably Establishment Creek and the Fourche a Du Clos, which flow through a network of family-named hollows like Magnolia Hollow and Staples Hollow.

Around the community of Bloomsdale, the map captures a rural institutional core including the Bloomsdale Sch and a nearby radio tower. While the river bottom is dominated by large features like Fort Chartres Island and Schmidts Island, the upland areas show evidence of local industry through several Quarries and the small settlement of Needmore. The intricate system of ditches and races, such as Fults Ditch and Onemile Race Creek, illustrates the complex water management required in the floodplains of the era.