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2012 Map of Carlyle

Name: 2012 Topographic Map of Carlyle
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2012
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2012

About this map

Carlyle Lake dominates the northern landscape of this Clinton County region, its southern shore regulated by a massive dam complex. Below the spillway, the Kaskaskia River meanders southward through a complex riparian corridor marked by oxbows like Horseshoe Lake and the wetlands around Club Lake. The historic General Dean Bridge stands as a local landmark near the seat of Carlyle, where the transition from water-based infrastructure to agricultural prairie becomes evident.

Economic patterns are defined by a mix of traditional agriculture and energy extraction, seen in the Lueking Dairy Farm and several active petroleum sites including the Huey Oil Field and Posey Oil Field. Smaller communities like Huey, Hoffman, and Posey serve as local anchors, each surrounded by family-named cemeteries such as Matsler Cem and Knolhoff Cem that offer a preserved record of the area's genealogical history. The southern reaches of the map are defined by the winding course of Crooked Cr and several prominent rises, including Schaeffer Hill.