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2022 Map of Fort Dodge South

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

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

The Des Moines River carves a deep, winding path south from Fort Dodge, anchoring a landscape where industrial footprints meet agricultural order. This 2022 survey captures the transition from the city's southern neighborhoods and the Iowa Central Community College campus into the rural townships of Webster County. Long-established communities like Otho and Kalo sit along the river's eastern banks, while smaller settlements such as Shady Oak and Roberts dot the central plains.

Evidence of the area's drainage history is prominent, with engineered waterways like Ditch Number 96, Drainage Ditch Number 29, and Drainage Ditch 19 cutting through the fields to manage the watershed of Prairie Cr. For genealogists and local historians, the map preserves the locations of Graceland Cem and Elkhorn Cem, alongside several named rural roads and a remnant Railroad St in Otho that points to the region's historic transportation corridors.