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1983 Map of Five Forks

Name: 1983 Topographic Map of Five Forks
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1983
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1983

About this map

Norris sits at the northern edge of this Piedmont landscape, which is defined by a dense network of winding waterways and rural crossroads. The boundary between Pickens and Anderson Counties cuts diagonally across the terrain, passing near the settlement of Five Forks. This region is particularly rich in small community hubs, many centered on local landmarks like Midway No 2 Ch and White Oak Spring Ch.

A complex drainage system of creeks, including the unusually named Three and Twenty Creek and Six and Twenty Creek, flows through the undulating hills, punctuated by numerous family and community burial grounds such as Willis Chapel Cem and Flat Rock Cem. Modern infrastructure, represented by the Steel Tower Trans Line, traverses a landscape that otherwise retains a traditional Southern rural character, where small branches like Cuffie Creek and Double Branch carve the topography into distinct ridges and valleys.