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1951 Map of Wickliffe SW

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of Wickliffe SW
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1953
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1953

About this map

The Mississippi River creates a complex borderland between Kentucky and Missouri in this early 1950s survey. The map focuses on the large river landmasses of Islands Nos 2 3 & 4 and the northern tip of Wolf Island No 5. These islands, separated from the mainland by the Chute of Islands 2 3 & 4 and Tennessee Slough, illustrate the shifting fluvial geography of the deep South.

Navigational aids, simply marked as Light, dot the banks, highlighting the river's role as a primary transportation corridor. The intricate shoreline along Lucas Bend and the presence of No 4 Lake reveal a landscape dominated by seasonal water levels and river morphology. This document captures the remote, uninhabited nature of these border islands before modern levee and drainage modifications further altered the floodplain.