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2013 Map of Berne

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

USGS Topo · Published 2013

About this map

Berne serves as the central hub of this Adams County landscape, where the town's grid of streets like Center St and Emmental Dr transitions into a high-density network of agricultural drainage systems. The surrounding countryside is defined by an intricate web of engineered waterways, including Wittmer Number One Ditch, Swartz Ditch, and Jamstutz Ditch, which manage the flow of water across the flat till plain toward the Wabash River. These ditches often follow property and road lines, such as W 500 S, revealing the systematic organization of Indiana's farm country.

Small settlements and named agricultural operations like Monroe, Coppess Corner, and Irish Acres Dairy provide evidence of the local dairy and farming economy. Water bodies like Blue Cr and Yellow Cr wind through the township, occasionally interrupted by modern residential pockets like Lakeview Tr. This 2013 survey documents a landscape where traditional family-named farms like Sommer Farm and Lotter Farms persist alongside the expanding infrastructure of the Berne community.