Lakefield is the central hub of this southwestern Minnesota landscape, where the town's residential streets and the Lakefield Post Office contrast with the surrounding agricultural grid. The region's water management is a defining characteristic, evidenced by the extensive network of engineered waterways such as Judicial Ditch Number Seventeen, Judicial Ditch Number Three, and County Ditch Number Eleven. These systems drain the fertile prairie lands between South Lake Heron and Lake Flaherty, reflecting over a century of land reclamation for farming.
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1954 · Fairmont
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1958 · Fairmont
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1960 · Okabena
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1960 · Sioux Valley
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1970 · Lakefield SW
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1970 · Lakefield NE
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1970 · Wilder
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1970 · Lakefield SE
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1970 · Lakefield
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1970 · Windom
USGS Topo · 1:24,000