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2016 Map of Hanska

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

USGS Topo · Published 2016

About this map

Hanska sits at the southwestern edge of this Brown County landscape, its grid defined by Railroad Ave and early twentieth-century street layouts. The surrounding prairie is defined by an extensive network of water management, featuring numerous named drainage projects such as County Ditch Number Fiftyeight, Judicial Ditch Number Ten, and County Ditch Number Two. These modifications reflect the agricultural transformation of the region, where even former water bodies like Dane Lakebed have been integrated into the farming landscape.

Smaller settlements and rural centers like Searles and Linden provide local anchors for the farming community. Genealogists will find several well-preserved rural burial grounds, including Cottonwood Cem near the Little Cottonwood River and Saint Johns Cem further south. The topography is largely level, though Mount Pisgah and its adjacent Mount Pisgah Cem offer a localized rise overlooking the waters of Linden Lake.