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2019 Map of Badger NW

Name: 2019 Topographic Map of Badger NW
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2019
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2019

About this map

The Roseau River meanders through this low-lying region of Roseau County, reflecting a landscape defined by extensive wetlands and water management systems. The hydrology is dominated by the complex flow of the river and the engineered path of State Ditch Number Sixty-nine, which illustrates the historical efforts to drain and manage these northern Minnesota wetlands for agricultural or conservation use.

Surface water features like Doughnut Pothole and Carlson Pothole are scattered across the terrain, indicating a glacial heritage typical of the Red River Valley fringes. Human infrastructure is primarily limited to a rectilinear grid of rural roads, such as Co Rd 10 and Dike Rd, which navigate around the soft ground. This survey provides a clear look at the intersection of natural river dynamics and early 21st-century water control infrastructure.