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1971 Map of Fair Oaks

Name: 1971 Topographic Map of Fair Oaks
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1973
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1973

About this map

The St Louis Southwestern and Missouri Pacific railroads intersect at Fair Oaks, anchoring this agricultural landscape where Woodruff, Cross, and St. Francis counties meet. The eastern portion of the survey is defined by an organized grid of irrigation and drainage, including distinctive Minnow Ponds and fish farms that speak to the region's specialized aquaculture in the early 1970s.

Contrastingly, the western edge is dominated by the wilder, meandering hydrology of Bayou De View, which feeds a series of interconnected water bodies such as Sullivan Lake, Chambers Lake, and Big Jack Lake. Small rural settlements like Morton, Penrose, and Bemis are linked by a network of farm-to-market roads, while the McCrory-Morton Landing Strip and a prominent Radio Tower provide modern navigational landmarks amidst the expansive fields of the Arkansas Delta.