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2020 Map of Eagle Bend

Name: 2020 Topographic Map of Eagle Bend
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2020
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2020

About this map

The Mississippi River carves a complex boundary through this landscape, defining the winding border between Mississippi and Louisiana. The terrain is characterized by dramatic fluvial features, including the Terrapin Neck Cutoff and Newman Cutoff, which have isolated landmasses like Henderson Island and Australia Island. These oxbows and cutoffs illustrate the river's historical shifts, leaving behind bodies of water such as Airplane Lake and Tennessee Lake.

Settlement is concentrated near the water's edge, notably at Brunswick and the community of Eagle Bend. For those tracing local history, the map identifies small burial sites including Brunswick Cemetery and Kiger Cemetery. The complex network of levees and backroads, such as Australia Island Road and Eagle Lake Shore Road, provide a framework for understanding the agricultural and residential patterns established along the productive but unpredictable river bottomlands.