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2017 Map of Nichols Knob

Name: 2017 Topographic Map of Nichols Knob
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2017
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2017

About this map

The North Fork River winds through the heart of this Douglas County landscape, carving a series of hollows and ridges within the Mark Twain National Forest. The settlement of Topaz serves as a primary point of interest, situated near the headwaters of Topaz Spring. The terrain is characterized by its named local geography, where features like Toothpick Ridge and Nichols Knob rise above the many creek-carved depressions such as Brushy Mill Hollow and Jim Coble Hollow.

Genealogists and local historians will find the Bittick Cem located near the northern bend of the river. The map also documents numerous water sources critical to the area's development, including Mint Spring and Fiddle Springs. Transport through this part of the Ozarks is shown via a network of secondary routes like State Hwy EE and State Hwy E, connecting the dispersed homesteads and named hollows that define this rural Missouri township structure.