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1983 Map of Sunrise Beach

Name: 1983 Topographic Map of Sunrise Beach
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1983
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1983

About this map

Lake of the Ozarks dominates this 1980s landscape, its sprawling, branching shoreline creating a complex geography of coves and points such as Gladstone Cove, Moonlight Bay, and Galena Point. The settlements of Sunrise Beach and Laurie serve as local hubs along the ridgelines, where community life is centered around institutions like the Shrine of St Patrick and Kent Memorial Ch.

Inland from the water, the terrain is deeply etched by hollows such as Porter Mill Hollow and Jenkins Hollow, leading up to Buffalo Ridge. This map includes significant underwater data, with contours for the lake bed sourced from earlier Union Electric Company charts. For genealogists, the map is particularly detailed, locating numerous family and church burial grounds including Garber Memorial Cem, Silvey Cem, and Buckley Cem. Infrastructure of the era is represented by the Hurricane Deck Lookout Tower and the Mistwood Landing Strip.