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2019 Map of Fairfax

Name: 2019 Topographic Map of Fairfax
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2019
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2019

About this map

Fairfax anchors the southwestern portion of this prairie landscape, serving as a hub for the surrounding agricultural community along the border of Renville and Sibley counties. The town's layout is defined by a traditional grid oriented toward Lincoln Ave W and Lincoln Ave E. Local heritage is preserved in several nearby burial grounds, including Saint Andrews Cem, Saint Johns Cem, and the Cairo Cem located to the east.

The hydrology of the region is highly engineered, dominated by an intricate network of drainage channels such as County Ditch Number One Hundred and Judicial Ditch Number Thirty. These systems reflect the effort to manage the high water table of the Minnesota plains, with Round Lake standing as one of the few natural open water bodies amidst the geometric township and range lines. A rural chapel and the Evangelical Lutheran Cem further mark the settled landscape of T113N R32W.