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2015 Map of Blue Mound

Name: 2015 Topographic Map of Blue Mound
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2015
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2015

About this map

The town of Blue Mound serves as the focal point for this eastern Kansas landscape, situated near the intersection of several county lines including Linn, Anderson, Bourbon, and Allen. The settlement is organized around a grid featuring Main St and Kansas Ave, with the local Po located near the town center. The surrounding rural environment is defined by a dense network of cemeteries, suggesting long-standing family ties and historical settlement patterns, including Pleasant View Cem, Sunny Slope Cem, and the Blue Mound Cem.

Water plays a critical role in the geography here, with the Blue Mound Reservoir located just north of town and several significant waterways branching through the territory. The Little Osage River and its various tributaries, such as the Middle Fork Little Osage River and N Fork Little Osage River, dominate the southern half of the map, while the S Fork Sugar Cr drains the northern reaches. This network of creeks, including Irish Cr and Ross Br, highlights the undulating prairie terrain of the region.