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2016 Map of Petersburg East

Name: 2016 Topographic Map of Petersburg East
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2016
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2016

About this map

Petersburg sits at the northwestern edge of this 2016 survey, where Lunice Creek joins the South Branch Potomac River. The landscape is dominated by the northeast-southwest orientation of the Appalachian ridges, including Gap Mtn and S Fork Mtn, which define the passage of the county boundary between Hardy and Grant counties. This terrain forces a network of rural settlements such as Masonville, Dorcas, and Brake into the narrow valleys between peaks like Elkhorn Mtn and Getz Mtn.

A series of named springs, including White Cloud Spring, Red Jacket Spring, and Coby Spring, highlight the importance of local water sources in these limestone-influenced valleys. Traditional transport routes like Durgon Rd and S Mill Creek Rd follow the natural contours of the land, connecting small communities and family-named sites like Baker Hollow and Gum Hollow in a region where geography heavily dictates human movement and settlement patterns.