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2016 Map of Buffalo Lake

Name: 2016 Topographic Map of Buffalo Lake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2016
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2016

About this map

Buffalo Lake serves as the primary settlement on this agricultural landscape, situated along the northern corridor where Route 212 and the historic E Yellowstone Trl cut across the prairie. The map reveals a high concentration of burial sites that speak to the area's pioneer heritage and family lineages, including Buffalo Lake Cem, Knopke-Brown Cem, United Brethren Cem, and the remote Brack Cem.

The landscape is defined by its complex drainage network, vital for the region's farming economy. Extensive engineering is evident in features like Judicial Ditch Number Fifteen and Judicial Ditch Number Twentyfour, which navigate around natural features like Round Grove Lake and the significant Buck Lakebed. Straddling the border between Renville and Sibley counties, the map preserves the exact grid of township roads and section lines that have governed local geography for over a century.