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2016 Map of Goodland

Name: 2016 Topographic Map of Goodland
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2016
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2016

About this map

Goodland anchors the southern portion of this northern Indiana landscape, where the town's grid meets a sprawling network of agricultural drainage. The interplay between the natural course of the Iroquois River and an extensive system of man-made waterways like Barten Ditch, Hunter Ditch, and O'Brien Ditch reveals the 21st-century reality of this fertile prairie. These ditches follow section lines and old topographic lows, reclaiming the land for farming while bypassing smaller settlements like Percy Junction and Foresman.

Family and local history is centered around the Goodland Cem and Mount Calvary Cem on the town’s northern edge. To the northwest, the town of Brook sits along the river, near Riverside Lake. The map details a strictly organized rural landscape defined by township boundaries like t28n r8w and the county line between Newton and Jasper Counties, illustrating how historical land surveys continue to dictate modern road and property patterns.