1975 Map of Francis Mill

About this map

Coosa River frontage and the upland woods of Calhoun County define this 1975 orthophotoquad, which captures the landscape via aerial photography instead of traditional topographic contours. The terrain is characterized by a patchwork of cleared agricultural fields and dense forest tracts, showing the rural character of the area in the mid-1970s. The settlement at Francis Mill serves as the primary named landmark, situated among a network of rural roads that cross the rolling northern Alabama countryside. Produced in cooperation with the Soil Conservation Service, this imagery documents land use patterns and field boundaries precisely as they existed on December 2, 1975. This specific type of survey is valuable for identifying property lines and vegetation cover that are often generalized on standard line maps.