2015 Map of Idana

About this map

Idana and Browndale anchor this corner of the Kansas prairie, showing a landscape defined by an orderly grid of county roads and intermittent creek beds. Significant topographical features like Table Mounds, Potato Hill, and Tobyne Hill rise above the drainage basins of Five Cr and Pinkerton Br, providing landmarks in an otherwise open terrain. The map records the intersection of Clay, Cloud, and Ottawa counties, preserving the location of family and community sites like Hebron Cem and Shields Cem. These cemeteries, situated along 14th Rd, serve as vital touchstones for genealogists tracing early settler families. The extensive road network, including Meridian Rd and Buffalo Rd, illustrates the persistent agricultural footprint of the region in the early twenty-first century, even as small-town centers like Idana remained the focal points of local geography.