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2019 Map of Bechyn

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

USGS Topo · Published 2019

About this map

The small settlement of Bechyn serves as the focal point for this rural landscape in Renville County, where the agricultural grid is deeply intertwined with a complex system of hydraulic engineering. The map reveals an extensive network of man-made waterways, including County Ditch Number One Hundred Ten and County Ditch Number One Hundred Thirty, which channel water across the prairie to feed into the natural drainage of Beaver Cr. This coordination of drainage ditches and natural streams like W Fork Beaver Cr and E Fork Beaver Cr illustrates the intensive land management required for Minnesota's farming economy.

Local history is preserved in small, sacred sites scattered among the fields. The community is anchored by Saint Mary's church and the adjacent Bechyn Cem, while further north, the isolated Theile-Schafer Grave Site offers a specific point of interest for genealogists tracing early family landholdings. The terrain is marked by the convergence of several townships, including t114n r35w and t115n r35w, under a grid of rural routes such as Co RD 50 and Co RD 17.