2012 Map of Bragg City

About this map

Bragg City and its surrounding agricultural landscape are defined by a sophisticated network of drainage ditches and altered waterways in the Missouri Bootheel. The central corridor is dominated by the Little River, which runs parallel to the Old Channel Little River, illustrating the intensive engineering efforts to manage the low-lying terrain. Small rural settlements like Peach Orchard, Gidson, and Sumach are scattered across a grid of county roads, with Sumach Cemetery providing a point of genealogical interest for local families. The southern portion of the area features Clay Root Bayou and Big Bayou, which weave through the farm plots near the hamlets of Yama, Kirk, and Ogden. This survey captures the region's total transition to a managed hydraulic environment, where man-made ditches such as Ditch Number 293 and Ditch Number 1 have redirected the natural flow to support the local farming economy.