Lakota anchors this section of northern Iowa, situated near the Minnesota border where the agricultural landscape is defined by an intricate network of waterways. The Middle Branch Blue Earth River meanders across the territory, its natural path supplemented by a highly engineered drainage system. This grid of man-made channels, including Drainage Ditch Number 82, Drainage Ditch Number 7, and the Union Slough Ditch, illustrates the intensive land management required to sustain the region's productive farmlands.
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1954 · Fairmont
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1954 · Mason City
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1955 · Bricelyn
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1957 · Mason City
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1958 · Mason City
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1958 · Fairmont
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1967 · Pilot Grove
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1967 · Elmore
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1972 · German Valley
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1972 · Buffalo Center
USGS Topo · 1:24,000