2018 Map of Hanford

About this map

Mason City anchors the northern reaches of this Cerro Gordo County landscape, where the urban grid gives way to an expansive agricultural pattern defined by the Public Land Survey System. The southern outskirts of the city transition into the rural communities of Cameron, Hanford, and Hurley, each situated within a network of section-line roads such as S Federal Ave and Partridge Ave. The terrain is subtly carved by a series of waterways, including Mason Cr, Cheslea Cr, and the branching reaches of E Br Beaverdam Cr. A notable geographic feature, Big Gully, cuts through the eastern sections near the t96n r19w township boundary. This survey illustrates the persistent importance of the 19th-century township-and-range system in shaping contemporary Iowa land use and transportation.