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2015 Map of Ingham Lake

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

USGS Topo · Published 2015

About this map

Ingham Lake and High Lake dominate this central segment of the Emmet and Palo Alto county line, illustrating the wetland-rich glacial topography of northern Iowa. The landscape is defined by an intricate network of water bodies, including Swan Lake, Bur Oak Lake, and various drainage features like Cunningham Slough and West Slough. These lakes are connected by a grid of rural section roads such as Ingham Lake Rd and Co Hwy A33, which negotiate the depressions and rises of the local terrain.

Genealogists and local historians will find the Swan Lake Village Cem positioned near the north shore of its namesake lake, a quiet marker of the area's early settlement. The southern portion of the map transitions into the drainage basin of the Des Moines River, showing how the land was partitioned for agriculture around these significant glacial basins. The map captures the persistent character of this prairie pothole region well into the twenty-first century.