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2018 Map of Atalissa

Name: 2018 Topographic Map of Atalissa
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2018
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2018

About this map

The agricultural landscape of the Cedar and Muscatine County border is defined by a complex network of waterways and drainage projects. The Cedar River meanders through the eastern portion of the sheet, creating a marshy bottomland that includes Wiese Slough and Lindle Lake. Significant human modification of the hydrology is evident in the Goshen Ditch, Wales Ditch, and Pike Run, which channel water across the plains to support the region's farms.

Settlement centers are anchored by West Liberty in the west and the town of Atalissa further east. For genealogists, the map preserves the locations of several rural burial grounds, including Gray's Ford Cem, Timberlake Cem, Weiss Cem, and Overman Cem. These sites, along with family-named features like Walker Field and the residential area of Dougherty Ests, provide specific points of interest for those researching local family histories and land use patterns.