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2024 Map of Emmet SW

Name: 2024 Topographic Map of Emmet SW
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2024
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2024

About this map

The Missouri River defines the central geography of this landscape, where the rising waters of Lake Sakakawea have created a complex shoreline of deep inlets and peninsulas. Several prominent water bodies, including Douglas Creek Bay, Berthold Bay, and Beulah Bay, demonstrate how the inundated valley has transformed the regional terrain. The map records the interface between McLean and Mercer Counties along the river's path, showing the submerged former course of the Missouri as it winds through the reservoir.

North of the water, a disciplined grid of rural roads such as 14th St NW and 13th St NW organizes the high ground. Near the center of the northern section, Lilly Dale Cem sits as a lonely landmark of early local settlement. The drainage of West Branch Douglas Creek feeds into the larger bay system, illustrating the natural watershed that existed before the valley's significant alteration by twentieth-century engineering.