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2017 Map of Des Arc

Name: 2017 Topographic Map of Des Arc
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2017
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2017

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Annapolis serves as the primary hub in this Missouri landscape, situated near the headwaters of Big Creek. The terrain is characterized by the southern edge of the Saint Francois Mountains, where elevations like Stony Mtn and Lewis Mtn rise above a network of hollows including Sutton Hollow, McCue Hollow, and Brushy Hollow. This area, where Iron, Reynolds, and Wayne counties converge, reflects a history of small-scale settlement and rural development.

Further south, the community of Des Arc sits along the banks of Black Cr, near where the Mountain View Cem and Wallace Cem preserve local family histories. The presence of numerous small cemeteries such as Webb Spring Cem and Cedar Spring Hollow Cem indicates a distributed population across the valleys, including the curiously named Slabtown Valley. Water sources like Tink Spring and McKenzie Cr sustain the environment, while the proximity of Vulcan suggests the influence of local industry on the region's geography.