Mississippi River Comparison

Comparison of Harold Fisk's (US Army Corps of Engineers) 1944 maps from the "Alluvial Valley of the Lower Mississippi River" with modern day lidar-derived images of the river.

Lidar-derived image of the Mississippi River along the border of Arkansas and Mississippi, southwest of Memphis, Tennessee.

Same area from Fisk's ACOE maps

Lidar digital elevation model image of Mississippi River meander scars in Tensas Parish, Louisiana. Tensas Parish is the least populated parish in Louisiana with a population of a ittle over 5,000 people.

Aerial photo of the same area

Same area from Fisk's ACOE maps


View and download full-size Mississippi River lidar images here and here.
Original lidar data from The National Map (USGS).
Read more about Fisk's maps here.
Fisk maps available for download here.
↑Back to Top