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1969 Map of Hubbard Lake

Name: 1969 Topographic Map of Hubbard Lake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1972
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1972

About this map

The Mississippi River creates a complex landscape of oxbows, chutes, and depressions at the confluence of Missouri, Kentucky, and Tennessee. This 1969 survey illustrates the intricate water management systems of the era, where the New Madrid Levee and a dedicated Floodway protected the low-lying basins of St John from the river's seasonal shifts. The terrain is defined by numerous named "holes" and former channels, such as Hancock Hole, Morrison Chute, and Stonewall Lake, which reflect the dynamic history of the river's movement.

Local history is preserved in the small pockets of high ground, notably around Donaldson Point and the Kentucky Point area. Family and community markers appear in the form of the Madrid Bend Ch and two nearby burial grounds, Adams Cem and Whitson Cem. The map provides a look at the borderlands just before modern agricultural expansion fully transformed the river's edge, documenting features like the Conran Dike and numerous backwater sloughs.