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1980 Map of Moselle

Name: 1980 Topographic Map of Moselle
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1982
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1982

About this map

The Bourbeuse River snakes through the heart of this landscape, its tight meanders carving a distinct path through the timbered hills and agricultural clearings of Franklin County. Recorded through high-altitude aerial photography in 1980, this orthophotoquad captures the transition between the rolling uplands and the river valley. The settlement of Moselle anchors the southeastern corner, while Villa Ridge and Gildehouse occupy higher ground to the north.

A notable cartographic detail is the visibility of the Fifth Principal Meridian, which provides a precise surveying baseline for the region. The photoimagery reveals a patchwork of farm fields and dense forest cover, showing the exact land use patterns and road networks as they existed at the start of the 1980s. This imagery allows for a direct comparison of the rural development near the river against the larger land lines established in earlier surveys.