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2015 Map of Altoona

Name: 2015 Topographic Map of Altoona
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2015
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2015

About this map

Altoona and Bondurant anchor this portion of the Iowa landscape, displaying the organized grid of the Midwest’s agricultural heartland. The map documents a territory defined by a complex system of water management, visible in the engineered pathways of Ditch Number 6, Ditch Number 24, and Ditch Number 38, which support the fertile drainage basins of the South Skunk River and Mud Cr. These ditches reflect the intensive land use required for large-scale farming in the region.

Local history is preserved in the location of several significant burial grounds, including Franklin Cem, Bondurant Cem, and New Altoona Cem. Transportation corridors like NE Hubbell Rd and Jr Haines Pkwy illustrate the connections between these rural centers and the growing suburban footprint. The presence of Adventureland Dr NE signals the commercial and recreational development concentrated near the southern edge of the quadrangle.