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2013 Map of West Franklin

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

USGS Topo · Published 2013

About this map

West Franklin sits at a prominent turn of the Ohio River known as Cypress Bend, where the river's slow influence is visible in a complex network of wetlands and drainage systems. This 2013 survey illustrates a landscape defined by water management, where the Cypress Dale Ditch, Edmond Ditch, and Barnett Ditch carve through the lowlands north of the riverbank. Further inland, the terrain transitions into a more developed upland corridor, centered on settlements like Saint Philip and Belknap.

The presence of numerous private and named water bodies, such as Servel Lake and Indiana State University Lake, suggests a mix of recreational and industrial history in the area. Smaller historic nodes like Heusler, Mud Center, and Philip Station are scattered across the quadrangle, connected by a dense grid of roads including Middle Mount Vernon Rd and Saint Philip Rd S. The drainage patterns, including the Deep Slough and Slim Pond Slough, highlight the ancestral floodplains that continue to shape local geography.