2010 Map of Hills NE

About this map

The agricultural landscape of southwest Rock County is defined by the winding paths of Beaver Creek and its tributary, Little Beaver Creek, which meander through a strictly organized section-line road network. This 2010 survey by the U.S. Geological Survey illustrates a highly developed rural infrastructure where major arteries like County Hwy-63 and County Hwy-11 mark the township borders. The map documents the persistent layout of family farmsteads and rural homesteads connected by a grid of numbered roads including County Hwy-4 and the southern edge of the township at W Warren St. This map serves as an essential record of the prairie watercourses and land-use patterns in the southwestern corner of Minnesota just before the modernization of regional GIS systems.