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2011 Map of Reform

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

USGS Topo · Published 2011

About this map

Reform serves as the primary hub in this portion of Pickens County, centered around the Reform Post Office and a grid of residential streets like 4th St NW and 3rd Ave SE. The surrounding landscape is defined by the heavy drainage of Coal Fire Creek and its many tributaries, such as Chicken Swamp Branch and Little Coal Fire Creek. This area reveals a transition from traditional rural settlements to modern resource extraction, evidenced by the presence of the Coal Fire Creek Gas Field and Board Tree Branch Gas Field.

For those researching family history, the map is dense with small, localized burial grounds including Bethlehem Cemetery, Carden Cemetery, and Baird Cemetery. Water management is prominent through a series of private or industrial impoundments, such as McShan Lake and Ewart Doughty Lake. The northern reaches around Bethlehem remain sparsely developed, crisscrossed by county roads that connect isolated churches and historic family landmarks.