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2022 Map of Erskine

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

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

Erskine stands at the intersection of a complex glacial landscape and early twentieth-century water management systems. The terrain is defined by a dense concentration of kettle lakes and wetlands, including Maple Lake, Badger Lake, and the cluster of Cameron Lake and Mitchell Lake. These natural features are interspersed with significant drainage infrastructure like Judicial Ditch Number Seventythree and County Ditch Number One Hundred Eleven, reflecting a history of land reclamation for agriculture in Polk County.

Local history researchers will find several well-documented burial sites throughout the rural township structure, such as Saron Lutheran Cem and Sorum Cem to the north, and Rodnes Cem and Broderheim Cem further south. The settlement pattern follows a rigid grid of section roads, occasionally broken by local trails like Tamarac Lake Trl and Golden Pond Trl that navigate the irregular shorelines of the region's many smaller water bodies.