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2011 Map of Kirkland

Name: 2011 Topographic Map of Kirkland
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2011
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2011

About this map

Kirkland sits as a primary corridor through this Atkinson County landscape, where the east-west highway and rail lines bisect a terrain defined by slow-moving water and agricultural drainage. The area is characterized by an intricate network of wetlands and creek systems, most notably Pudding Creek and the meandering Little Red Bluff Creek to the south. To the west, the settlement of Leliaton marks a secondary node of activity near the headwaters of several drainage basins.

Water management and local geography are closely tied, as evidenced by Vickers Lake and the engineered Vickers Lake Dam. This 2011 survey reveals a rural infrastructure dependent on a dense grid of numbered routes, such as County Rd-100 and County Rd-129, which connect isolated farmsteads and timber tracts. The drainage patterns of Dark Bay and Reedy Creek in the north suggest the typical low-gradient hydrology of the Georgia coastal plain.