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1970 Map of City Point

Name: 1970 Topographic Map of City Point
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1978
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1978

About this map

The low-lying wetlands and cranberry culture of Central Wisconsin are the defining features of this 1970s survey, centered on the unincorporated community of City Point. The landscape is dominated by an extensive network of drainage infrastructure, including Weisner Ditch and the Bissig Ditch, which support numerous large cranberry bogs across the Wood and Jackson County line. This specialized agricultural pattern is interspersed with notable topographic rises such as Birch Bluff and Bear Bluff, which provide relief from the surrounding marshlands.

Transportation through this saturated terrain is anchored by the Green Bay and Western RR, which runs parallel to the East Fork Black River. Local history is anchored at the Martyrs Cem and City Point Cem, while the western edge of the map transitions into the protected acreage of the Meadow Valley State Wildlife Management Area. Numerous sand and gravel pits indicate the localized extraction industry that operated alongside the region's unique hydrologic economy.