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1984 Map of Jasper

Name: 1984 Topographic Map of Jasper
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1988
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1988

About this map

Strip mines dominate the landscape across the Black Warrior River basin in the mid-1980s, revealing a region defined by heavy industrial coal extraction. The city of Jasper serves as a central hub for a complex transportation network, where the Southern Ry and St Louis-San Francisco Ry intersect to move resources across Walker County. To the north, the protected woodlands of the William B Bankhead National Forest and the Carbon Hill National Fish Hatchery provide a stark contrast to the intensive land use of the mining districts.

Water plays a critical role in the area's geography, with the Mulberry Fork and Locust Fork merging into Bankhead Lake. Settlements like Carbon Hill, Winfield, and Fayette are linked by a grid of state routes including Ala 18 and Ala 118. Smaller communities such as Bazemore, Newtonville, and Eldridge are tucked between the winding courses of the Sipsey River and Luxapallila Creek, illustrating the persistent rural settlement patterns of the Alabama coal belt.