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2022 Map of La Crosse

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

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

The Mississippi River and its complex network of side channels, including Mormon Slough and York Slough, dominate the western edge of this 2022 landscape where the driftless region meets the water. The city of La Crosse is defined by its transition from the river flats to the dramatic elevation of Granddad Bluff and Miller Bluff. This geography has shaped the urban development of North La Crosse and neighboring Onalaska, hemmed in by the La Crosse River Marsh.

Educational institutions like the University of Wisconsin La Crosse and Viterbo University anchor the city center, while the eastern terrain is deeply incised by traditional coulees such as Ebner Coulee and Smith Valley. Family and community history is preserved across numerous sites, from the Gate of Heaven Catholic Cem to the Mormon Coulee Memorial Park, reflecting generations of settlement along the tributary valleys like Mormon Cr.