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2020 Map of Sandstone Mountain

Name: 2020 Topographic Map of Sandstone Mountain
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2020
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2020

About this map

Beaver Lake defines the northwestern corner of this landscape, its fingers reaching into the deeply dissected hills of Carroll and Madison counties. The terrain is characterized by a dense network of hollows and ridges, many bearing names that hint at early industry and settlement, such as Durham Mill Hollow, Turpentine Hollow, and Hogscald Hollow. To the east, the rural communities of Lone Star and West Liberty are joined by high points like Grindstone Mtn and Pond Mtn.

Family and community history is preserved in the location of several remote burial grounds, including Beulah Union Cem, Pemberton Cem, and Rock Cem. While Buck Mountain Airport sits atop a central ridge, the surrounding area remains a maze of creeks like Big Clifty Cr and N Clifty Cr. The map illustrates the persistent 19th and 20th-century settlement patterns in the Ozark highlands, where narrow valleys like Pemberton Hollow and Long Hollow provided the primary corridors for development between the rocky summits of Sandstone Mtn and Polecat Mtn.