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1972 Map of Billings Lake

Name: 1972 Topographic Map of Billings Lake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1975
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1975

About this map

Billings Lake National Wildlife Refuge anchors the northwestern corner of this prairie landscape, where the waters of Billings Lake provide critical habitat within the larger National Waterfowl Production Area. The terrain is defined by the crossing of the Soo Line railroad, which links the small grain-elevator settlements of Loma and Nekoma across the flat expanse of the Cavalier and Ramsey county line.

The map reveals a structured agricultural environment divided into townships like Prospect and Highland Center. Natural drainage follows the paths of Edmore Coulee and Nekoma Coulee, which cut through the township sections alongside several scattered Gravel Pits. This survey captures the region just as the local infrastructure, including the remote Townhall in the southeast, supported a steady period of mid-century northern plains farming.