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2019 Map of Evansville South

Name: 2019 Topographic Map of Evansville South
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2019
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2019

About this map

The Ohio River carves a deep bend through this borderland, where the urban grid of Evansville, Indiana, meets the bottomlands of Kentucky. This 2019 survey documents the complex hydrology of the river's floodplains, marked by numerous named backwaters such as Bee Slough, Deep Slough, and Atkinson Slough. The northern section is dominated by the dense residential and industrial reaches of Evansville, containing notable local landmarks like Oak Hill Cem and Oates Memorial Park. To the south, the landscape shifts dramatically into the hills and sloughs of Henderson, Kentucky.

A fascinating geopolitical detail is the position of Green River Island, a large tract of land situated north of the current main river channel yet remaining part of Kentucky, a legacy of the river's shifting course. Transportation corridors like the CSX railroad and major arteries such as the W Lloyd Expy bridge the gaps between the heights of the Wolf Hills and the low-lying settlements of Red Bank and Mud Center.