2016 Map of Hawley NW

About this map

The Buffalo River winds through the southwestern corner of this Clay County landscape, part of a sprawling agricultural expanse defined by the Public Land Survey System. The section lines are meticulously preserved through a network of rural roads such as 90th Ave N, 70th Ave N, and 57th Ave N. This rectilinear pattern is interrupted only by natural depressions and wetlands, notably Hatchet Lake in the northeastern quadrant. Local history is anchored by the Spring Prairie Cem, which stands as a lone landmark in the central portion of the survey. The geography reflects the high prairie of western Minnesota, where the drainage of the Buffalo River and various unnamed wetlands dictate the placement of farmsteads and field boundaries across the townships of T141N, T140N, and T139N.