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2011 Map of El Dorado Springs South

Name: 2011 Topographic Map of El Dorado Springs South
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2011
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2011

About this map

El Dorado Springs anchors the northeast corner of this Cedar County landscape, where the town's residential grid meets the open agricultural plains of western Missouri. The map records a rural environment defined by its drainage networks, with Clear Creek and its many tributaries, including Melton Creek and Fly Creek, carving low valleys through the terrain. To the south, the small settlement of Virgil City sits along the county line, accompanied by the Virgil City Cemetery.

Family and community history is preserved through numerous rural burial grounds like Mount Pleasant Cemetery and Whitehall Cemetery, which serve as quiet markers of early settlement patterns. Modern infrastructure is represented by the El Dorado Springs Memorial Airport and a dense network of county roads such as E Stockade Rd and S 2850 Rd. The southern reach of the quadrangle is defined by the winding paths of Baker Creek and Stinking Creek, illustrating the complex hydrology that influenced original land use and farm placement in this region.