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2020 Map of Knobel

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

USGS Topo · Published 2020

About this map

Knobel and the surrounding river bottoms of Northeast Arkansas are defined by an intricate network of natural waterways and early 20th-century drainage engineering. The Black River winds through the northwestern corner, giving way to a landscape of wetlands like Gum Slough and East Slough. To the south, the Clay Co Greene Co line marks the transition into the southern reaches of this survey, where the heavy work of land reclamation is visible through the Kramer Ditch and Cache River Ditch Number 1.

Genealogists and local historians can locate several burial grounds tucked among the fields, including Saint Bernard Cem, Bond Cem, and Gilchrist Cem. These sites, along with the settlement of Walnut Grove in the northeast, provide anchor points for family research in this predominantly agricultural area. The presence of Cache Lake and Rayner Lake further emphasizes the low-lying, water-dependent character of the terrain before it meets the grid of county roads and section lines.