2015 Map of Belle Plaine

About this map

Belle Plaine anchors the southeastern corner of this Iowa landscape, where the grid of city streets gives way to the broad alluvial plains of the Iowa River. The terrain is defined by the steady southward flow of Salt Creek, which carves a wide, marshy path through the center of the quadrangle before its confluence with the river. To the north, the small settlement of Irving sits along the Benton Co Tama Co line, surrounded by a dense network of family-named cemeteries that speak to the deep agricultural roots of the region.