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2013 Map of Lake Allie

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

USGS Topo · Published 2013

About this map

Lakeside sits at the center of this Renville County landscape, where an extensive network of managed waterways like Judicial Ditch Number One and County Ditch Number One Hundred Thirtytwo define the agricultural geography. The region is characterized by its prominent glacial lakes, including the large basins of Lake Allie, Preston Lake, and Boon Lake. These water bodies are connected by natural drainages such as Buffalo Cr, which winds through a strictly surveyed grid of rural roads like Co Hwy-11 and 880th Ave.

For local historians and genealogists, the map preserves the location of two significant burial grounds: Evergreen Cem near the western boundary and Preston Lake Cem located south of its namesake lake. The intricate system of judicial and county ditches, such as Judicial Ditch Number Fifteen, illustrates the intensive drainage engineering required to transform this wetland-rich prairie into productive farmland during the twentieth century.