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1958 Map of Fair Play

Name: 1958 Topographic Map of Fair Play
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1977
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1977

About this map

Townville and Fair Play anchor this late 1950s landscape, which documents the transformation of the upper Savannah River basin as Hartwell Lake began to fill. The boundary between Oconee and Anderson counties follows the meandering courses of Coneross Creek and Beaverdam Creek, illustrating how the waterway defined local jurisdictions before the reservoir altered the shoreline. A network of rural institutions, including Old Hephzibah Ch, Earles Grove, and Beaverdam Ch, reveals the density of community life along the ridge lines.

Groundwater and small-scale agriculture are evident in the numerous family-named landmarks like Snow Hill, Mitchells Lake, and Hays Cem. The transition from terrestrial drainage to the rising waters of the reservoir is captured by blue hatching along Little Beaverdam Creek, indicating areas surveyed for submergence by the U.S. Corps of Engineers. This topography preserves the road networks and rural settlements of the Piedmont before the full impact of modern reservoir development changed the local geography.