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2018 Map of Castana

Name: 2018 Topographic Map of Castana
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2018
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2018

About this map

The Maple River valley dictates the geography of this Monona County landscape, cutting a wide diagonal path through the loess hills of western Iowa. The village of Castana sits tucked into the eastern bluffs where Cottonwood Cr meets the main river valley, while Turin occupies the flatlands further south near the confluence with the Little Sioux River. This area is defined by a series of deeply incised drainage patterns, represented by features like Nutt Hollow, Dutch Hollow, and Gingles Hollow, which separate prominent rises such as Durr Hill and Granger Hill.

Genealogists will find significant local history markers in the distribution of rural burial grounds, including Kennebec Cem, Bisbee Cem, and Belvidere Cem. These sites, along with a grid of country roads such as Larpenteur Memorial Rd and Olive Ave, reflect the long-established agricultural framework of the region, where farmsteads are positioned between the fertile river bottoms and the steep, eroded ridges of Green Valley.