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2018 Map of Fort Madison

Name: 2018 Topographic Map of Fort Madison
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2018
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2018

About this map

Fort Madison anchors the southern edge of this Lee County landscape, situated along a sweeping bend of the Mississippi River. The town's grid is dense with history, featuring numerous burial sites including City Cem, Elmwood Cem, and the unique Iowa State Prison Cem. Northward, the terrain transitions into a series of creek drainages like Lost Cr and Red Keel Cr that carve through the agricultural uplands toward the settlement of Denmark.

Genealogists will find this sheet particularly valuable for its high density of family and community burial grounds scattered across the rural landscape, such as the Lauther Grounds Cem, John Box Grounds Cem, and Slack Cem. The map also captures the industrial and transportation infrastructure of the riverfront, from the Fort Madison Bridge to the low-lying Dutchman Island and Lead Island in the river channel. The northern reach of the survey is dominated by the Denmark Hilltop area, illustrating the relationship between early Iowa settlements and the surrounding creek systems.