2013 Map of Clarion SW

About this map

Big Wall Lake dominates the northeast corner of this central Iowa landscape, serving as a primary hydrologic anchor in a region defined by agricultural engineering. The terrain is structured by an extensive network of human-made drainage systems, including Ditch Number 149, Ditch Number 3, and Ditch Number 144, which manage the flow through the fertile plains toward the S Fork Iowa River. The settlement of Waterman sits at a crossroads in the center of the sheet, surrounded by a precise grid of rural routes such as Co Hwy R38 and Neely Ave. This pattern of straight-line roads and named ditches illustrates the transformation of the prairie into a highly organized agrarian corridor, where natural streams like Buck Cr and White Fox Cr now coexist with modern reclamation infrastructure.