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2009 Map of Lang

Name: 2009 Topographic Map of Lang
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2009
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2009

About this map

Lang sits as a quiet focal point in this Lyon County landscape, where the agricultural grid is defined by a series of north-south and east-west roads. The northern portion of the map is dominated by the drainages of Plumb Creek, Coon Creek, and Badger Creek, which feed southward toward the more complex hydrology of the Neosho River. This river corridor in the south features a highly sinuous channel with numerous oxbows and meanders, indicating a broad, active floodplain.

Local history is preserved in the distribution of several rural burial grounds, including Union Cemetery to the east and Hunter Cemetery and Badger Creek Cemetery further south near the river. In the southwest, Fowler Cemetery stands near the intersection of several local routes. The modern footprint of I-35 cuts a straight path across the lower third of the quadrangle, contrasting with the ancient, winding path of the river it parallels.