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2013 Map of Beloit

Name: 2013 Topographic Map of Beloit
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2013
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2013

About this map

The Rock River flows south toward the Illinois border, serving as the central geographic feature of this Rock County landscape. Along its eastern banks, the suburban and industrial expansion of Beloit is evident, with a dense network of streets and neighborhoods pressing toward the water. North of the city, the Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport occupies a significant portion of the plateau, its runways and W Airport Rd marking a transition from urban development to the agricultural fields of the surrounding townships.

Rural land use is defined by watercourses like Bass Creek and Turtle Creek, which wind through the terrain. Evidence of local history remains in the naming of rural thoroughfares such as W Cemetery Rd and family-named routes like S Murray Rd. The map documents the persistent layout of section-line roads and the arterial importance of Afton Rd and S Madison Rd in connecting these outlying communities to the urban core.