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2022 Map of Honey Island

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

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

Honey Island and its surrounding wetlands form a complex hydrological landscape along the border of Marathon and Wood Counties. The terrain is characterized by extensive water management features, including the Big Eau Pleine Reservoir and a series of interconnected flowages such as Teal Flowage, North Honey Island Flowage, and Smoky Hill Flowage. These managed waters are punctuated by the distinct rise of Smoky Hill, which stands above the low-lying basins of North Rice Lake and South Rice Lake.

Settlement patterns concentrate near the southern edge at Auburndale and the northern vicinity of Rangeline, while the interior remains dominated by the Little Eau Pleine River and various pools like Ten Pool and Sixteen Pool. Industrial history is represented by the Soapstone Pit located in the southeastern quadrant. The map reveals how the natural course of streams like Bear Creek and Little Bear Creek has been integrated into a larger system of reservoirs and flowages that define this portion of central Wisconsin.