2010 Map of Gafford Chapel

About this map

Sulphur Springs sits at the southern edge of this Hopkins County landscape, where the town's residential expansion meets the rural drainages of the White Oak Creek basin. The area is defined by a dense network of county roads that connect longstanding rural communities such as Pleasant Grove, Good Neighbor, and Overland. In the central portion of the quadrangle, the namesake Gafford Chapel and the surrounding settlement of Gafford anchor a landscape of small farm plots and wooded creek bottoms. To the east, the waters of Lake Sulphur Springs dominate the terrain, serving as a significant local reservoir. The map reveals a complex hydrological system where Blacks Creek, Riley Creek, and Lindley Creek converge toward the larger creek systems, illustrating the transition from open agricultural land to the structured water management systems near the city, including the James R Beck Lake Dam.