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2010 Map of Adrian NE

Name: 2010 Topographic Map of Adrian NE
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2010
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2010

About this map

East Branch Kanaranzi Creek and its various tributaries define the drainage patterns across this agricultural landscape in Nobles County. The territory is organized by a precise grid of rural roads, including long north-south stretches of Fellows Ave and Hesselroth Ave, which provide access to scattered farmsteads and field systems. These routes represent the foundational survey lines that have dictated land ownership and agricultural development in this part of Minnesota for generations.

Water management is central to the area's history, as evidenced by Judicial Ditch Number Eleven-b, which supplements the natural flow of Little Rock Creek. In the southern portion of the quadrangle, County Hwy-35 serves as a primary east-west arterial, connecting this rural interior to larger regional networks. The map preserves the specific locations of family-named roads like Erickson Ave and Knauf Ave, which are essential for genealogists tracing ancestral property lines in the early 21st century.