2019 Map of Balaton SW

About this map

The Coteau des Prairies upland dominates this southwestern Minnesota landscape, providing a high-elevation backdrop for the agricultural grid of Murray County. In the south, the village of Lake Wilson serves as the primary settlement, situated near the headwaters of regional drainage systems. The map reveals a transition in the local hydrology, most notably through the presence of the Great Oasis Lakebed and Bear Lakebed, which suggest the historical extent of water bodies now largely managed by agricultural drainage features like County Ditch Number Twenty. For genealogists and local historians, the sheet preserves the locations of rural landmarks such as Ellsborough Cem in the north and Saint John's Cem further south. The land is organized by a precise network of township and range lines, including t107n r43w and t107n r42w, which define the section-line roads connecting these prairie communities.