Commerce Cutoff – Channel in Tunica, Mississippi

Identifier

GNIS Feature ID 706978

Location

State Mississippi

County Tunica

Feature Class Channel

Coordinates

DMS

34°49'15"N 90°26'36"W

Decimal Degrees

34.8209311, -90.4434343

Elevation

164.04 ft (50.00 m)

USGS 7.5′ Quad Map

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Protected Areas

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Nearest Populated Place

Peters

2.0 mi W

Hydrography

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Description

Natural cutoff of the Mississippi River in 1874.

Nearby Features

Commerce Revetment Levee · 0.9 mi E
Commerce Cut Off Bend · 1.1 mi NNE
Basket Bar Dikes Levee · 1.1 mi NE
Peters Island Island · 1.2 mi NW
Peters Island Island · 1.2 mi WNW
Mac Towhead Area · 1.4 mi N
Blue Point Cape · 1.8 mi N
Blue Point Area · 1.9 mi N
Peters Populated Place · 2.0 mi W
Council Bend Bend · 2.1 mi SW

Data Sources & Attribution

Feature data: U.S. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) – U.S. Geological Survey.
Elevation: USGS Elevation Point Query Service (EPQS).
Topographic basemap: USGS National Map.
Quad map thumbnails: USGS US Topo.
Watershed boundaries: USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD).
Protected areas: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US) – Gap Analysis Project.
Photos (where shown): Wikidata / Wikimedia Commons – individual licenses apply.
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