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2019 Map of Soddy

Name: 2019 Topographic Map of Soddy
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2019
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2019

About this map

Soddy-Daisy and the surrounding Hamilton County landscape are defined by the dramatic interface between the Cumberland Escarpment and the waters of Chickamauga Lake. The terrain transitions sharply from the high, plateau-like elevations of Walden Ridge and Flat Top Mountain down into the narrow hollows and valleys that feed the Tennessee River system. This transition is marked by geological features like Bakewell Gulf and Board Camp Gulf, where watercourses such as Big Possum Creek and Soddy Creek have carved deep into the sandstone.

Settlement patterns follow the valley floor and the historic transportation corridor of the Dayton Pike. For genealogists, the map is a dense record of family history, preserving the locations of numerous small burial grounds including Hotwater Cemetery, Chaney Cemetery, and Granny Walker Cemetery. These sites, along with smaller hamlets like Bakewell, Mowbray, and Flat Top, illustrate the distributed nature of mountain communities before modern suburban expansion concentrated the population in larger centers.