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2017 Map of La Plata

Name: 2017 Topographic Map of La Plata
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2017
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2017

About this map

La Plata anchors the southwestern corner of this survey, where a dense grid of residential streets like W Williams St and E Bartlett St meets the rural landscape of Macon County. The transition from town to farmland is marked by several significant water bodies, including Santa Fe Lake and La Plata Lake, which define the local drainage patterns. To the north, the small community of Gibbs sits near Union Cem, serving as a secondary focal point for the northern rural reaches.

The topography is shaped by a network of waterways that eventually feed into the Middle Fork Salt River at the map's southern edge. Fingers of terrain like Spencer Draw and seasonal tributaries such as Bear Cr and Titus Cr carve through the agricultural blocks. The landscape is neatly divided by the Adair and Macon county line, with a well-developed road system including Old Hwy 63 and State Hwy E connecting these dispersed northern Missouri settlements.