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2018 Map of Chickasaw

Name: 2018 Topographic Map of Chickasaw
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2018
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2018

About this map

Chickasaw and Saraland anchor this 2018 survey of the northern Mobile suburbs, a landscape defined by the transition from industrial corridors to the vast wetlands of the Mobile River delta. The Southern Ry and major transit routes like Industrial Pkwy bisect the developed western ridge, while the eastern half of the map dissolves into a complex network of waterways including Bayou Sara, Chickasaw Creek, and the Mobile River. These tidally influenced channels isolate numerous named landforms such as Robbers Island and Blakeley Island.

Genealogical interest is high throughout the Whistler and Eight Mile areas, where several burial grounds are documented, including Prichard Memorial Cem, Whistler Cem, and Whistler Colored Cem. The map captures the suburban density of Satsuma and Pennsylvania set against the wilder, marshy expanse of the Mobile and Baldwin County border, where smaller settlements like Akka and Nenemoosha sit along the river's edge.