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2019 Map of Mooring

Name: 2019 Topographic Map of Mooring
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2019
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2019

About this map

Mississippi River meanders define the border between Tennessee and Missouri in this 2019 survey, carving out a complex geography of towheads, bars, and historical island remnants. Small agricultural settlements like Mooring and Stewart anchor the rural landscape of Lake County, where the topography is shaped by the proximity of the water. Family and community history is preserved in several small burial sites, including Mooring Cem, Stewart Cem, and the nearby Organ Cem and Wagner Cem.

The landscape is heavily marked by the river's shifting path, evidenced by named features such as Merriwether Bend, Little Cypress Bend, and the Bend of Island Number Fourteen. Inland, the area is crisscrossed by a network of local roads like Tiptonville Obion Levee Rd and Flowers Sheep Ridge Rd, which follow the natural rises and protective levees of the floodplain. These features illustrate the ongoing human adaptation to the river's dynamic nature in the Missouri Bootheel region.