2011 Map of Delta

About this map

Clay County Lake and Lake Virginia serve as central points in this rural Alabama landscape, where the headwaters of Ketchepedrakee Creek and Little Ketchepedrakee Creek carve through the terrain near Fishhead Valley. This 2011 survey documents a community defined by its water management and ancestral grounds, featuring numerous small dams such as the Ketchepedrakee Watershed Dam Number 15 and Gerald Lake Dam. For genealogists, the map is remarkably dense with burial sites including Ragan Chapel Cemetery, Shiloh Cemetery, and Black Chapel Cemetery. The settlement pattern centers on small crossroads such as Delta, Haynes Crossroad, and Needmore, connected by a network of county roads that trace the ridges and valleys of the Talladega National Forest region.