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1986 Map of Brandsville

Name: 1986 Topographic Map of Brandsville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1986
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1986

About this map

Brandsville and the surrounding borderlands of Howell and Oregon counties appear during a period of agricultural and industrial stability in the mid-1980s. The settlement of Brandsville serves as the focal point, situated along the Burlington Northern railroad, which provided the essential transportation link for this portion of the Ozark Plateau. The landscape is defined by the headwaters of several drainages, including Howell Creek and Warm Fork Spring River, alongside geological features such as the Harbeston Sink.

Local history and industry are represented by various Mines and a prominent Lookout Tower, reflecting a rural economy tied to both natural resource extraction and forestry management. Further north, smaller locales like Cull, Pocohontas Crossing, and Hunter Crossing indicate established crossings over the numerous creeks that dissect the plateau, such as Elk Creek and Big Gressy Creek. This survey provides a look at the land use and topographic character of the Missouri interior just prior to the late-20th-century modernization of its rural transport corridors.