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2013 Map of Enos

Name: 2013 Topographic Map of Enos
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2013
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2013

About this map

The settlement of Conrad sits at the heart of this Newton County landscape, where the Kankakee Sands' complex hydrological history is visible through an extensive network of engineered waterways. The dominance of features like Beaver Lake Ditch and Bogus Island Ditch reflects the massive effort to drain the historic Beaver Lake, once the largest lake in Indiana, for agricultural use. This drainage system is further elaborated by Hanger Ditch, Lawler Ditch, and Riner Houseworth Ditch, which crisscross the flat, sectioned terrain.

The land is organized by a rigid grid of rural roads, including N Meridian Rd and W 800 N, illustrating the late-twentieth-century development of the region's farming infrastructure. While Beaver Creek and Bergren Ditch provide a sense of the natural and modified flow of water toward the south, the presence of Mud Lake Ditch and Redden Ditch serves as a reminder of the many vanished wetlands that once defined this portion of the state.