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2019 Map of Leader

Name: 2019 Topographic Map of Leader
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2019
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2019

About this map

The tiny settlement of Leader and the nearby community of Ellis anchor this rural landscape in Cass County. This portion of central Minnesota is defined by a complex network of waterways, where Swan Cr and Little Swan Cr meander through low-lying marshlands toward the southern edge of the sheet. To the north, the small hamlet of Poplar sits near the Poplar Cem, offering a focused look at the area's local genealogy and early settlement patterns.

The terrain is a mosaic of wetlands and small lakes, including Hardwood Lake in the northeast and Mud Lake in the southwest. Transport in the region is defined by a strictly orthogonal grid of local roads like Co Rd 106 and Hulett Rd SW, which navigate around the numerous creek systems such as Farnham Cr and Martin Cr. The map preserves the transition of these smaller drainage basins as they feed into the larger river systems of the Crow Wing watershed.