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2018 Map of Olmsted

Name: 2018 Topographic Map of Olmsted
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2018
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2018

About this map

The Ohio River dominates the landscape at the border of Illinois and Kentucky, carving a wide path past the riverfront communities of Olmsted and Levings. This reach of the river is characterized by the massive civil engineering of the Olmsted Dam Rd and its modern infrastructure, which replaced the aging structures like Dam 53 Rd. To the southeast, the bottomlands of Oscar Bottoms and Barlow Bottoms reveal a dense network of sloughs and lakes, including Shelby Lake, Turkey Lake, and Beaverdam Lake, showing the complex hydrology of the floodplain before it transitions into the upland bluffs of Pulaski Co and Ballard Co.

Genealogists and local historians will find numerous rural landmarks in the hills, from the settlement of America to a series of family and community burial grounds such as Bethlehem Cem, Weese Cem, and Lyerly Cem. The northern portion of the map includes the ridge known as New Grand Chain, while smaller tracks like Old Feather Trail Rd hint at the historical transportation routes that predated modern paving in this rural riverine corridor.