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2017 Map of Cooperton

Name: 2017 Topographic Map of Cooperton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2017
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2017

About this map

The Muskegon River meanders through this north-central Michigan landscape where Missaukee, Roscommon, and Clare Counties converge. Small pockets of settlement like Cooperton and Wilson Grove are surrounded by an intricate drainage network of creeks and wetlands, including the northern Laurel Marsh and the southern Muddy Bayou. The terrain is marked by numerous small water bodies such as Rice Pond, Wraco Lodge Lake, and Grass Lake, which suggest a glacial landscape of kettle lakes and low-lying marshes.

Transportation is defined by a grid of local roads and trails like Paddle Trl and Big Buck Trl, with the historic corridor of Old US Hwy 27 running north-south through the center. Significant crossings like the Jonesville Bridge over the river connect these rural tracts. Waterways such as Town-Line Cr and its South Branch serve as natural boundaries across this transition between the northern Michigan forests and the river valley flats.