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2022 Map of Hornick

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

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

Hornick serves as the primary hub in this corner of the Missouri River floodplain, situated where the Soo Line Railway St once anchored the local agricultural economy. The landscape is a testament to extensive hydrological engineering, defined by a dense network of managed waterways like the Garretson Ditch, West Fork Ditch, and Farmers Ditch. These channels transformed the low-lying terrain of Woodbury and Monona counties into productive farmland, steering water away from the bluffs and toward the river.

Contrasting with the flat, ditch-drained plains to the west are the rising Loess Hills on the eastern edge of the quadrangle. Here, the map reveals more complex topography in names like Cottonwood Hollow and Tom King Hollow. The transition from the grid-like precision of 320th St and other section-line roads to the winding contours of the hills near Carr Field illustrates the geographic boundary between the alluvial bottomlands and the upland ridges.