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2011 Map of Lake City

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

USGS Topo · Published 2011

About this map

Lake City serves as the focal point of this Craighead County landscape, situated where the Saint Francis River is crossed by the Saint Francis River Bridge. The surrounding terrain is defined by the complex hydrology of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain, featuring numerous islands and drainage features like Gum Island, Cane Island, and the meandering Purcell Slough. These landforms, along with Maumelle Prairie and Poplar Ridge, dictate the placement of small rural communities such as Southland, Claunch, and Lunsford.

Genealogists will find significant local history preserved in the distribution of burial sites across the river valley, including the Lake City Cemetery and the more remote Upper Cane Island Cemetery and Lower Cane Island Cemetery. The map captures a high degree of detail regarding the agricultural grid, showing the network of county roads that link outlying settlements like Sandy and Deglow to the river crossing.