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2022 Map of Wilmar

Name: 2022 Topographic Map of Wilmar
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2022
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

Elmira Crossroads and Wilmar anchor this corner of the Coastal Plain, where the landscape is defined by an intricate network of wetlands and creeks at the border of Pitt, Beaufort, and Craven counties. The topography is dominated by extensive swamp systems, including the broad Creeping Swamp and Gorham Swamp, which dictate the placement of rural roads and scattered homesteads. These wetlands drain toward Chicod Cr in the northeast, creating a mosaic of forested lowlands and cleared agricultural tracts.

Transportation through these bottomlands relies on a web of local routes like Wilmar Rd and S Grimesland Bridge Rd, which navigate around the edges of Island Swamp and Thorofare Swamp. To the southwest, the community of Clayroot sits near the headwaters of Clayroot Swamp, illustrating how early North Carolina settlements were often situated on the slightly higher ground between these significant drainage basins.