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2016 Map of Dugger

Name: 2016 Topographic Map of Dugger
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2016
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2016

About this map

Dugger and Cass anchor this portion of Sullivan County, where the landscape bears the unmistakable marks of a century of coal extraction. The terrain is defined by extensive surface mining features, including complex water impoundments such as Reservoir North, Reservoir South, and the New Harmony Mine Pond. These man-made water bodies, alongside natural drainage from Busseron Creek and Buttermilk Creek, trace the evolution of the local industry.

Genealogists will find a high density of family-named burial sites scattered across the township lines of t8n r8w and t7n r8w, ranging from the Brodie Cem in the northwest to the Woodward Cem near the settlement of Gambill. The transition from small rural communities like Shiloh and Stringtown to the industrial scale of the surrounding mines is evident in the grid of county roads that navigate around significant topographical alterations.