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2014 Map of Olmstead

Name: 2014 Topographic Map of Olmstead
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2014
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2014

About this map

Olmstead and Macon sit at the center of this Pulaski County landscape, where the flatlands of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain begin to meet the rising terrain of the Arkansas interior. The drainage of Bayou Meto and Jacks Bayou dictates the local geography, winding through a network of small lakes like Gribble Lake and Faulkner Lake. The northern edge of the Little Rock Air Force Base occupies the southeastern corner, while the suburban expansion of Sherwood and North Little Rock pushes upward from the south.

Genealogists will find several burial sites preserved among the modern developments, including Harmony Cem, Mt Valley Cem, and Gibson Cem. Named ridges such as Backbone Ridge and Mill Ridge rise above the wetlands, defining the historical boundaries between local farms and the encroaching forest. This 2014 survey documents the area as it balances its long-standing agricultural roots with the growth of the Little Rock metropolitan corridor.