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2018 Map of Sylvan Springs

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

USGS Topo · Published 2018

About this map

Locust Fork snakes through this Jefferson County landscape, serving as a primary geographical anchor for industrial and residential settlements in the Birmingham region. The map highlights the strategic location of Port Birmingham along the river, a terminal point that has historically connected the coal-rich interior of Alabama to Gulf Coast waterways. Surrounding this industrial hub are numerous established communities such as Powhatan, Labuco, and Sylvan Springs, which developed alongside the region's mineral and timber resources.

Traces of local history are evident in the placement of family and community landmarks like Salter Cem and the Shady Grove Cem. Infrastructure for transit across the water is noted by the Atwood Ferry Bridge, while the elevation of Bluff Creek Ridge and the passage at Ben Vines Gap define the physical constraints of the terrain. The presence of smaller residential pockets like Booker Heights and Maytown illustrates the dispersed nature of the workforce housing that historically supported the area's extraction industries.