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2019 Map of Brookston NW

Name: 2019 Topographic Map of Brookston NW
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2019
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2019

About this map

Reynolds occupies the northeast corner of this White County landscape, where the flat agricultural terrain is defined by an extensive network of drainage infrastructure. This grid of engineered watercourses, including Scipio Ditch, Hoagland Ditch, and Eraser Ditch, reflects a century-long effort to manage the high water table for productive farming. Natural water bodies like Honey Cr and Big Creek (also labeled as Big Cr) meander through the township lines, revealing the original hydrology that predates the modern ditch systems.

Local genealogy and settlement history are anchored by several small burial grounds spaced throughout the rural sections. These include Lutheran Cem near the northern boundary, Lane Cem central to the quadrangle, and West Point Cem to the west. The map follows the rigid Public Land Survey System, with roads like W 100 S and W 800 S tracing the section lines that have organized these Indiana prairie lands since the nineteenth century.