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2013 Map of Vernon

Name: 2013 Topographic Map of Vernon
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2013
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2013

About this map

Vernon Fork Muscatatuck River meanders through this portion of Jennings County, anchoring the historic settlement of Vernon at the northern edge of the map. This 2013 survey illustrates a landscape defined by its waterways and small rural communities, including Grayford, Walnut Ridge, and Dupont to the southeast. The terrain is marked by numerous creeks such as Otter Cr, Graham Cr, and Turkey Run, which feed into several named bodies of water including Crosley Lake and the evocatively named Whippoorwill Lake.

Public land is represented by the Muscatatuck State Park near Vernon, while the rest of the quadrangle shows a dense network of county roads like Cord-50 and Cord-100 that serve the agricultural and residential plots of the region. The transition from the river bluffs near the state park to the flatter lands surrounding Broomsage Lake and Hickory Lake provides a clear view of the local drainage patterns and rural infrastructure in the early 21st century.