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2015 Map of Holmen

Name: 2015 Topographic Map of Holmen
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2015
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2015

About this map

Amsterdam Prairie and the sprawling waters of Lake Onalaska define this riverine landscape along the Mississippi River corridor. The 2015 survey details a complex network of chutes and sloughs, including Dresbach Slough and Goose Chute, that carve through a series of named islands like Cormorant Island and Broken Gun Island. On the eastern bank, the community of Holmen serves as a residential hub, while the smaller settlements of New Amsterdam and Brice Prairie occupy the level terraces above the bottomlands.

Local history is preserved in sites such as Green Mound Cem and Dresbach Cem, which anchor the early settlement patterns of the region. The transition from the alluvial flats to the coulee country is evident in features like Long Coulee and Casberg Coulee to the northeast. Transportation and infrastructure are central to this sheet, represented by the Great River Bike Trail following the old rail corridor and the modern La Crosse Municipal Airport situated on French Island at the southern edge of the quadrangle.