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2018 Map of Harper

Name: 2018 Topographic Map of Harper
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2018
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2018

About this map

The town of Harper serves as the primary hub in this Keokuk County landscape, characterized by a dense grid of rural roads and established religious sites. The area is notably rich in burial grounds, reflecting a deeply rooted community history with locations such as Saint Elizabeth's Cem, Baden Cem, and Lafayette Cem scattered across the township lines. Religious heritage is further marked by the Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Cem and the Bethel Methodist Cem.

Hydrology in the region is dominated by the meandering path of the North Skunk River, which flows through the southern sections of the map toward its confluence with the main Skunk River. In the northwest, smaller tributaries like German Cr and Br Cr cut through the sections, while the land is surveyed into the traditional township and range blocks of the Public Land Survey System, including T76N R10W and T75N R11W.