2010 Map of Jackson NW

About this map

Agricultural lands and water management systems dominate this corner of Jackson County, where the landscape is meticulously organized by a grid of rural avenues and numbered streets. The meandering course of the South Fork Elm Creek cuts across the northern half of the region, eventually giving way to engineered drainage features like Judicial Ditch Number Thirtytwo and Judicial Ditch Number Fourteen. These ditches illustrate the historical and ongoing efforts to reclaim and maintain the prairie for high-yield farming, a defining characteristic of southern Minnesota’s development.