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2011 Map of Bramwell

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

USGS Topo · Published 2011

About this map

Pocahontas and Bramwell anchor this West Virginia borderland, where the industrial legacy of the Pocahontas Coalfield is etched into the landscape. The Pocahontas Mine and the sprawling rail infrastructure of the Norfolk Southern line, including the Flat Top Yards, reveal the 21st-century state of an area once defined by intense extraction. The topography is deeply dissected by drainages like Elkhorn Creek and Flipping Creek, creating numerous named hollows such as Booths Hollow and Buckeye Hollow that historically dictated the placement of small company towns and family homesteads.

Water management is prominent across the sheet, featuring the Old Bramwell Water Supply Dam and Falls Mills Lake on the Mud Fork. Family and community history is preserved in a dense network of burial grounds, from the large Pocahontas Cemetery to smaller sites like Witten Cemetery and Compton Cemetery. The presence of landmarks like Pinnacle Rock and the community of Falls Mills highlights the intersection of the region's geological features with its long-standing settlement patterns.