2019 Map of Hanska

About this map

Hanska and Searles anchor this Brown County landscape, illustrating a region defined by agricultural drainage and early 20th-century settlement patterns. The terrain is notably managed by an extensive network of waterways, including Judicial Ditch Number Ten and County Ditch Number Fiftyeight, which channel water toward the Little Cottonwood River. This systematic alteration of the prairie is further evidenced by the Dane Lakebed, showing how the natural hydrology has been modified for cultivation. Scattered across the section lines are the final resting places of early farming families at Mount Pisgah Cem, Saint Johns Cem, and Rice Lake Cem. Near the northern border, the Effenberger Landeplatz Airport stands as a local aviation landmark, while Linden Lake provides a primary natural water feature south of the rural community of Linden.