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1982 Map of Marcella

Name: 1982 Topographic Map of Marcella
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1983
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1983

About this map

The alluvial floodplains of the Yazoo Delta are defined here by a dense network of sluggish waterways and cypress brakes. Meandering oxbows like Horseshoe Lake and Tchula Lake illustrate the historic shifts of the Yazoo R, while the Old Fannegusha Creek and Morgan Brake segment the landscape into fertile but swampy bottomlands. Evidence of the region’s complex land history appears in the Old Indian Treaty Boundary that cuts diagonally across the terrain, marking former divisions in the heart of the Mississippi Delta.

Small agricultural communities and religious centers anchor the local geography, with Zion City and Marcella serving as focal points. Numerous rural churches, such as Mt Sinai Ch, Blanch Chapel, and Mt Harmon Ch, are scattered throughout the map, often situated near water bodies or the Illinois Central Gulf railroad. This 1982 survey captures the region's character as a specialized landscape of agriculture and resource extraction, noted by the presence of a Fish Farm and various Oil Well sites near Snake Creek Brake.