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2020 Map of Hunter West

Name: 2020 Topographic Map of Hunter West
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2020
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2020

About this map

Cotton Plant anchors the southwest corner of this landscape where the Grand Prairie meets the bottomlands of the Arkansas Delta. The terrain is defined by an intricate network of wetlands and oxbows, most notably Bayou De View which snakes through the center of the sheet, flanked by numerous named bodies of water such as Brushy Lake, Johnson Lake, and Morrison Lake. These waterways have long dictated the placement of small rural communities and family cemeteries that dot the higher ground.

Smaller settlements like Howell, Becton, and Casey are connected by a grid of county roads that navigate the complex hydrology. Local history is preserved in scattered burial sites including Reneau Cem and Holly Cem, reflecting the area's deep agricultural roots. The eastern edge is marked by the town of Hunter, situated at a corridor of transport that borders the Woodruff and St. Francis County line. The map illustrates a classic Delta pattern of land use, where natural drainages like Locust Slough and Buffalo Cr weave between cultivated fields and timbered wetlands.