On 10 December 1980 I conducted a pedestrian examination of Little Ocmulgee State Park to determine the potential for cultural resources. The assessment was undertaken at the request of the Office of Design Assistance, Parks, Recreation and Historic Sites Division, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, which is preparing a general development plan for the park.
Presently the lake in the park is drained as a weed control method and to permit construction of a boat dock near the dam (See Morgan's 1980 report on the survey). Maintenance crews were laying sand with a road grader in the picnic and recreation areas.
Little Ocmulgee State Park lies in Wheeler and Telfair Counties. The county line, formed by Little Ocmulgee River, bisects the park and was dammed to form the lake. Wheeler and Telfair Counties are within the Vidalia Upland District of the Coastal Plain. The district has well developed dendritic stream pattern with narrow floodplains except along major streams. These streams are bordered by swamp. Little Ocmulgee River has a 1500' wide floodplain in the park which is quite swampy north and south of the lake. Undeveloped higher areas were selected for pedestrian survey. One such area is a highly dissected ridge east of the lake, north of the picnic area and encircled by the nature trail. Clayey and gravelly sand is the predominant geologic deposit in the district.
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