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2017 Map of Empire

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

USGS Topo · Published 2017

About this map

Empire sits at the northern edge of this Arkansas-Louisiana borderlands survey, where the low-lying terrain of the Mississippi Delta is defined by an intricate network of slow-moving waterways. The Boeuf River winds through the southern reaches of the map, accompanied by the meandering courses of Lafourche Bayou and Caney Bayou. This landscape, characteristic of the border between Ashley and Chicot counties in Arkansas and Morehouse and West Carroll parishes in Louisiana, is shaped by drainage features like Hubbard Brake and the wide expanse of Ash Flat.

For those tracing local roots, the map identifies several significant landmarks in the agricultural countryside, including Green Grove Cem and Millers Chapel Cem. The transition from Arkansas into Louisiana is clearly marked by Louisiana Line Rd, which serves as a primary east-west corridor through the alluvial plain. The distribution of small roads and bayous illustrates a long-standing reliance on the natural hydrology of the basin for drainage and land division.