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2015 Map of Ipava

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

USGS Topo · Published 2015

About this map

Ipava and Summum anchor this portion of Fulton County, showing a landscape defined by an extensive network of family and community burial grounds. The abundance of sites like the Old Ipava Cem, Quaker Cem, and Montgomery Cem provides a significant genealogical map of early settlement patterns in the Illinois interior. The terrain is deeply dissected by a drainage system including Otter Cr, Tater Cr, and Jake Cr, which creates the winding road corridors that break the traditional section-line grid.

Local transport and industry are marked by roads such as E Mine Hwy and Depot Rd, hinting at the area's extraction history and former rail connections. Smaller locales like Howard are visible near the eastern edge, while the south is dominated by the junction of E Turner Hwy and N Izaak Walton Rd. The map offers a clear view of how rural infrastructure adapted to the complex hydrology of the S Br Otter Cr watershed.