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1964 Map of Fort Madison

Name: 1964 Topographic Map of Fort Madison
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1977
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1977

About this map

Fort Madison occupies a prominent position along the northern bank of the Mississippi River, its urban grid bounded by the Burlington Northern rail line and the sprawling complex of the State Penitentiary. The mid-1960s landscape shows the city's upward growth toward the Fort Madison Municipal Airport, with newer developments expanding near Ivanhoe Park and Richardson Sch. In the northern uplands, the rural character remains centered on the settlement of Denmark and family-named landmarks like Riddles Airstrip.

The terrain is defined by a series of steep drainages including Lost Creek, Mud Creek, and French Creek, which carve through Pleasant Ridge toward the river bottoms. For genealogists, the map is particularly rich in cemetery locations, documenting the Denmark Cemetery, Fairview Cem, and Claypoole Cem. On the river itself, the shifting hydrology is marked by Mink Island and Lead Island, separated from the mainland by the Lead Island Chute.