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2019 Map of Baker

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

USGS Topo · Published 2019

About this map

The settlement of Baker serves as the focal point of this western Minnesota prairie landscape, situated where HWY 52 cuts diagonally across the township grids of Clay County. The terrain is defined by a meandering network of watercourses that break the regularity of the agricultural sections, including the winding S Br Buffalo River in the south and the curiously named Whisky Cr further north.

Evidence of the region's hydrography is clear as Stony Creek and Hay Cr weave through the northeastern corner near the junction of Co HWY 21 and 120th Ave S. This survey captures the rural character of the area just north of the Clay Co Wilkin Co border, where a strictly maintained grid of range roads like Co RD 69 and Co RD 57 facilitates the movement of goods and people across the Red River Valley hinterlands.