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2019 Map of Tracy City

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

USGS Topo · Published 2019

About this map

Tracy City sits at the southwestern edge of this survey on the Cumberland Plateau, marking a landscape defined by sharp elevation changes and deep incisions like the Sewanee Gulf. This area of Grundy County is a study in upland settlement patterns, where communities such as Coalmont, Freemont, and Gruetli-Laager are established along the high ground of the Tennessee Valley Divide. The numerous small cemeteries scattered across the plateau, including Bonnie Oak Cem, Orange Hill Cem, and the Fults Cem, offer significant research value for genealogists tracing family roots in this part of the southern Appalachians.

Water plays a critical role in the geography here, from the headwaters of the Little Sequatchie River to the cluster of managed reservoirs including Grundy Lake Number One, Grundy Lake Number Two, and Lake Echo. The transition from the flat plateau tops into the deep hollows is marked by named features like Bearhole Hollow and Dykes Hollow, reflecting a history of local land use where the difficult terrain dictated the location of homesteads and small-scale industry.