2021 Map of Clines Island

About this map

The Upper Castor River winds through this section of Stoddard County, defining a landscape of low-lying agricultural plains interspersed with small rural hamlets. The map documents a network of drainage infrastructure essential to the region's development, including Ditch Number 30 and Mill Slough, which illustrate the intensive engineering used to manage the local water table for farming. Small clusters of settlement like Ardeola, Himmel, and Clines Island are connected by a grid of state highways and county roads, while several cemeteries such as Moore Cem and Oak Ridge Cem mark the heritage of local families in the northwestern uplands. In the south, the terrain flattens near Bess Slough and Birds Corner, where the landscape transitions into the broader Mississippi alluvial plain.