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1982 Map of Helena

Name: 1982 Topographic Map of Helena
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1982
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1982

About this map

The Mississippi River and its shifting landscape dominate this 1982 survey of the Arkansas-Mississippi border. The river's path is marked by substantial geographic features like Helena Island NO 60, Prairie Point Towhead, and the massive Flower Lake Bar, illustrating the dynamic nature of the waterway. On the western bank, the city of Helena and neighboring West Helena sit against the eastern edge of Crowleys Ridge, where the steep terrain of the St Francis National Forest rises sharply from the alluvial plain.

Evidence of the region's cultural and legal history is visible in the Old Indian Treaty Bdy and the network of cemeteries such as Maple Hill Cem and Cedar Grove Cem. The map documents the local infrastructure of the early 1980s, from the Phillips County Community College campus to the river-oriented site of Trotter Landing. The presence of Helena Reach and numerous bayous like Nails Bayou further defines the complex drainage and transportation patterns of the Delta.