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2014 Map of Pickering

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

USGS Topo · Published 2014

About this map

The town of Pickering sits at the heart of this Nodaway County landscape, where the meandering course of the One Hundred and Two River defines the drainage pattern of the Missouri prairie. To the south, the northern edge of Maryville appears, showing the expansion of the county seat toward the numerous reservoirs that dot the region. The map reveals a highly managed water system, including Nodaway Number 4 Lake, Hayden Lake, and Parman Lake, often integrated into the local watershed management.

Genealogists will find significant value in the distribution of rural burial sites, such as White Oak Cemetery, Gray Cemetery, and Coleman Cemetery, which remain preserved amidst the agricultural grid. The terrain varies from the level river bottomlands to the distinct elevations of Pinhook Hills and the depressions of Long Hollow and Jack Hollow, illustrating the dissected till plains characteristic of this part of the state. A dense network of section-line roads, including Katy Rd and Liberty Rd, connects these rural features to the larger settlements.