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2018 Map of Pleasant Dale Valley

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

USGS Topo · Published 2018

About this map

The Mississippi River shoreline and its surrounding river bottoms dominate the southwestern edge of this survey, where the small community of Mozier and the riverfront Mozier Landing sit just across the state line from Missouri. The landscape is defined by a dense network of hollows that drain from the interior bluffs toward the river valley, including Belleview Hollow, Mozier Hollow, and Kampsville Hollow. These narrow valleys historically dictated the pattern of local settlement and transport, with roads like Pancake Hollow Rd and Silver Creek Hollow Rd following the natural drainage paths.

Local history is preserved in a series of family and community burial grounds found throughout the uplands, such as Hillcrest Cem, Silver Creek Cem, and Spear Cem. An interesting modern feature, the Herrens Bess Hollow Airfield, sits in a cleared valley between Bess Hollow and Brangenberg Hollow. Farther north, the settlement of Cliffdale marks the transition into the Pleasant Dale Valley and its namesake drainage.