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2024 Map of Landes

Name: 2024 Topographic Map of Landes
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2024
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2024

About this map

The Embarras River meanders across the border of Jasper and Crawford counties in this contemporary Illinois landscape, creating a complex hydrologic network of oxbows and seasonal channels. Distinctive water features like the Dead River and The Slough indicate a flood-prone bottomland, while the higher ground is partitioned by a rigorous grid of section-line roads such as Co Rd 1900 N and E Tank Farm Ln.

Genealogists and local historians will find significant value in the distribution of family and community burial sites, including Dark Bend Cem near the river's edge and Saint Josephs Cem further south. The map documents the quiet rural centers of Landes, Stringtown, and Amity, preserving their spatial relationship to the various waterways like Galfkiller Creek and Bugaboo Creek that define the local drainage and topography.