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2022 Map of De Forest

Name: 2022 Topographic Map of De Forest
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2022
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

The Yahara River and Token Creek define the low-lying hydrology of this landscape north of Madison, where suburban expansion meets legacy agricultural tracts. The map reveals a dense network of local cemeteries that anchor the area's history, from Norway Grove Cem in the northwest to the Burke Station Cem in the south. These sites, along with established congregations at the Windsor Congregational Cem and Saint Olaf Catholic Cem, provide essential geographic markers for genealogists tracing family histories in the villages of DeForest and Windsor.

The southern portion of the sheet is dominated by the sprawling infrastructure of Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field and the institutional campus of Herzing University. As the suburbs of Sun Prairie and Madison converge, the map documents the conversion of formerly rural sections like Burke into modern residential corridors. Residential developments such as Lake Windsor highlight the 21st-century shift toward recreational and commuter-focused land use surrounding the historical watercourses.