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2016 Map of Bechyn

Name: 2016 Topographic Map of Bechyn
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2016
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2016

About this map

Bechyn serves as the focal point of this rural Renville County landscape, where the confluence of agrarian management and natural hydrology is clearly visible. The area is defined by the headwaters and branches of Beaver Cr, including the E Fork Beaver Cr and W Fork Beaver Cr, which are augmented by an extensive network of engineered waterways such as County Ditch Number One Hundred Ten and Ditch Number Seventy-nine. These drainage systems reflect the intensive agricultural development of the Minnesota prairie.

Local history and genealogy researchers will find significant landmarks preserved in the survey, most notably Saint Mary's Bechyn Cem near the town site. Further north, the isolated Theille-Schafer Grave Site offers a specific point of interest for family historians. The map's grid of section lines and county roads, including Co HWY 4 and Co RD 50, illustrates the enduring Public Land Survey System structure that dictates the movement and settlement patterns of the region.