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2011 Map of Peel

Name: 2011 Topographic Map of Peel
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2011
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2011

About this map

The fingers of Bull Shoals Lake dominate this northern Arkansas landscape, where the rising waters of the White River impoundment have shaped the local geography into a series of ridges and hollows. The settlement of Peel remains a focal point on the eastern side of the quadrangle, evidenced by the Peel Post Office and Peel Cemetery. The surrounding terrain is heavily dissected by drainage systems such as Locust Creek, Coon Creek, and Lead Mine Creek, each carved between named landmarks like Japanese Knob, Short Mountain, and Gay Ridge.

Family history is deeply etched into the topography through numerous small burial grounds, including Riddle Cemetery, Upshaw Cemetery, and Keesee Cemetery, which often sit adjacent to the winding county roads. To the southwest, the community of Monarch sits near the headwaters of East Sugarloaf Creek. The map records a complex network of named hollows—from Seed Tick Hollow to Walker Hollow—that reveal the historical naming conventions of the Ozark backcountry before modern development.