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2022 Map of High Forest SW

Name: 2022 Topographic Map of High Forest SW
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2022
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

The rolling agricultural landscape of southeast Minnesota is defined here by the winding course of the N Br Root River, which meanders south through the central portion of the sheet. This rural area at the borders of Mower, Dodge, and Olmsted counties maintains a strong connection to its Lutheran heritage, visible in the placement of Evanger Cem and Zion Lutheran Cem. These small cemeteries serve as quiet markers of the early Scandinavian and German families who established farmsteads along the section lines.

Water management and drainage are central to the terrain, with Robinson Cr and N Fork Bear Cr feeding the regional watershed. The grid-like road network, including the aptly named Co Line Rd, segments the land into large industrial farming plots, though the irregular banks of the Root River and its tributaries break this geometry, creating corridors of natural vegetation amidst the cultivated fields of the High Forest SW quadrangle.