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2012 Map of Friars Point

Name: 2012 Topographic Map of Friars Point
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2012
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2012

About this map

Friars Point occupies a prominent bend in the Mississippi River within this 2012 survey of Coahoma County. The landscape is defined by the complex hydrology of the Delta, where the river's historical path has left behind features like Horseshoe Lake, Horseshoe Bend, and Dustin Pond. Extensive levee systems and various landings, such as Houston Landing and Ledbetter Landing, speak to the long-standing efforts to manage the river for navigation and agriculture.

Genealogists will find an unusually dense concentration of burial sites across the alluvial plain, including the Zion Traveler Cem, Humber Cem, and Pleasant Valley Cem near the community of Farrell. Small settlements like Stovall, Humber, and Stokely are connected by a network of county roads, while the Big Sunflower River flows through the eastern portion of the quadrangle near Sessions. The presence of numerous named dikes and revetments illustrates the modern engineering required to stabilize this shifting riverine environment.