2017 Map of Calhoun Falls

About this map

Calhoun Falls serves as the focal point of this western South Carolina landscape, situated where the CSX Transportation line crosses a region defined by its complex waterways and the state border with Georgia. The map documents a hybrid landscape of managed timberlands and significant hydroelectric projects, with the massive Richard B Russell Lake and the J. Strom Thurmond Reservoir dominating the southern half of the quadrangle. For those researching local history, the map preserves the locations of several community landmarks like Hester and Mount Carmel, alongside scattered family and congregational burial sites such as Tates Grove Baptist Cem and Boyd Cem. The presence of Trotters Shoals along the Savannah River channel highlights the area's geological character before modern inundation, while the Sumter National Forest boundary indicates the extent of public land conservation in the eastern reaches of the sheet.