2015 Map of Hayfield

About this map

The town of Forest City anchors the northeastern corner of this Iowa landscape, where the prairie gives way to the managed waterways of Hancock and Winnebago counties. In the southern portion of the quadrangle, Eagle Lake and its surrounding wetlands provide a natural contrast to the grid-patterned agricultural fields that dominate the terrain. This 2015 survey illustrates a highly engineered hydrological network, including Drainage Ditch Number 129 and the split branches of the Iowa River. The West Branch, labeled as both West Br Iowa River and W Br Iowa River, meanders toward the small settlement of Hayfield in the center of the map. Local history and genealogy interests are served by the location of Madison Cem and the extensive network of numbered county roads, such as Co RD b16 and Co RD b30, which trace the original section lines of the Public Land Survey System.