2018 Map of Holmen

About this map

Holmen and the surrounding river flats of the Mississippi Valley define this 2018 survey. The landscape is split between the high bluffs of Amsterdam Prairie and the sprawling, island-dotted waters of Lake Onalaska. This reservoir, created by navigation dams, dominates the central map and contains numerous named features like Broken Gun Island and Cormorant Island. The mapping highlights the intersection of transportation and terrain, showing the La Crosse Regional Airport situated on French Island at the southern edge of the sheet. On the western bank in Minnesota, the village of Dresbach sits beneath the bluffs, while the Wisconsin side shows significant suburban expansion in Midway and the core of Holmen. Local history is preserved in the locations of Green Mound Cem, Long Coulee Cem, and the Dresbach Cem, which anchor the early settlement patterns of these coulee-land communities.