1975 Map of Oak Level

About this map

The borderlands of Alabama and Georgia appear in this orthophotograph produced from aerial photography taken in late 1975. This specialized survey by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Soil Conservation Service offers a unique overhead perspective of the landscape as it appeared in the mid-1970s. The settlement of Piney Woods serves as a central focal point for the road network, which winds through a terrain predominantly shaped by timber and agriculture. The detailed imagery reveals the patchwork of cleared fields and dense woods characteristic of Cleburne County, showing the exact footprint of homesteads and farm roads that may not be recorded on traditional line-drawn maps. This aerial study is particularly valuable for documenting the precise boundary between forested tracts and cultivated land at a time when rural land use was undergoing significant shifts.