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2013 Map of Carthage

Name: 2013 Topographic Map of Carthage
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2013
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2013

About this map

Carthage serves as the regional hub of Panola County, positioned south of the meandering Sabine River and its intricate network of sloughs and bayous. In this 2013 landscape, the city center is defined by the campus of Panola Coll and a grid of residential streets that give way to the Panola County Airport-Sharpe Field to the east. The surrounding countryside is heavily influenced by the riparian geography of The Basin, where features like Bean Lake Slough and Anderson Slough create a complex system of seasonal waterways and wetlands.

Local history is preserved at the Fite Cem and Walker Cem, while the community of Walnut Grove sits to the north along the route to the river. The southern portion of the quadrangle is marked by several bodies of water, including Dixie Lake and the sequential Prior Lake Number 1 and Prior Lake Number 2, which feed into Sixmile Cr. This intersection of municipal development and a dense bottomland river system highlights the unique hydrology of East Texas.