2013 Map of Glenville

About this map

Albert Lea anchors the northern boundary of this agricultural landscape, where the southern reaches of Albert Lea Lake give way to an intricate system of drainage engineering. The map reveals a heavily managed watershed, characterized by numerous numbered waterways such as County Ditch Number Sixteen and Judicial Ditch Number Twenty, which feed into the Shell Rock River. This network illustrates the intensive land use required for farming in the region, as smaller tributaries like Goose Creek move through the prairie terrain.