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2018 Map of Sylvania

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

USGS Topo · Published 2018

About this map

Sylvania and Rainsville anchor this portion of the Sand Mountain plateau in northeastern Alabama during the late 2010s. The landscape is defined by a dense network of county roads connecting established rural settlements like Bowman Crossroads, Browntown, and Brooks Crossroads. Small family and community landmarks are frequent, including Samples Cem near Jacobs Cr and the Dean Chapel Cem to the north.

The presence of DeKalb County Public Lake and Frog Valley highlights the local topography, where numerous small watercourses like S Sauty Cr and Bengis Cr drain the high ground. To the south, the expansion of Rainsville is visible through its residential street grid, including Rainbow Ave and Main St W, while Powell sits to the west along the railroad corridor. This survey captures a moment of modern rural density, where agriculture and residential pockets coexist among the headwaters of Town Creek.