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2019 Map of Kinney

Name: 2019 Topographic Map of Kinney
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2019
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2019

About this map

The Laurentian Divide cuts across this section of the Iron Range, marking the geographic split where waters flow either north toward Hudson Bay or south toward the Atlantic. The landscape is defined by the heavy footprint of the mining industry, notably around Kinney and Mountain Iron. Extensive tailings basins and pits dominate the eastern half of the sheet, while the southwestern corner shows the established residential patterns of Buhl and the small settlement of Lucknow.

Industrial infrastructure is pervasive, with labels for U S Steel and Wade Mine Rd highlighting the area's economic engine. In contrast to the industrial zones, the northern reaches transition into the Superior National Forest, where the terrain is dotted with water bodies like Severson Lake and the meandering path of the Dark River. This map captures the 21st-century state of a region where natural hydrology and massive earth-moving operations exist side-by-side.