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2013 Map of Kingsford Heights

Name: 2013 Topographic Map of Kingsford Heights
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2013
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2013

About this map

Kingsford Heights anchors the northern portion of this LaPorte County landscape, characterized by a planned street grid including Meadowbrook Blvd and Nordway Rd. The surrounding area is defined by an extensive network of drainage infrastructure designed to manage the low-lying terrain of the Kankakee River basin. Named channels like Maurey Ditch, Salisbury Ditch, and Hickleson Ditch illustrate the complex water management system that transformed these wetlands into productive land.

Small agricultural hamlets such as Tracy, Union Center, and South Center are dispersed along the northern corridor, connected by early routes like Tracy Rd. To the south, the meandering course of Mill Cr and the broad flow of the Kankakee River provide a contrast to the geometric precision of the ditches and road grids, showing the intersection of natural waterways and human engineering in early twenty-first-century Indiana.