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2022 Map of Kiester

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

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

Agricultural patterns and a complex water management network define the landscape between Kiester and Walters along the Faribault Co and Freeborn Co border. This survey documents a deeply engineered prairie environment, where natural watercourses like Brush Cr are supplemented by extensive drainage infrastructure, including the prominent Judicial Ditch Number Twentyfive and Judicial Ditch Number Twentysix. These systems facilitate the productive farmland that surrounds the township's core.

Genealogists and local historians will find significant detail in the local burial grounds, including Fairview Cem, Saint Johns Cem, and the United Lutheran Cem located on the outskirts of Walters. In the village of Kiester, the street grid is clearly delineated, showing the relationship between residential blocks and the American Lutheran Church Cem. The map also captures the upper reaches of the E Br Blue Earth River, winding through the northeast corner of this rural Minnesota landscape.