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2011 Map of Lostwood Lakes

Name: 2011 Topographic Map of Lostwood Lakes
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2011
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2011

About this map

Vanville Cemetery sits in the northeast corner of this prairie pothole landscape, a primary marker for local family history in Burke County. The terrain is dominated by a dense network of glacial wetlands and water bodies, centered around the elongated basins of Upper Lostwood Lake and Lower Lostwood Lake. The complex hydrology of the region is evident in the variety of named sloughs and lakes, including Martinsen Lake, School Section Lake, and the descriptively named Dead Dog Slough.

A strictly gridded road system, including 84th Ave NW and 77th St NW, segments the territory into regular sections, which often intersect directly with these natural basins. The naming of features like Kittelson Slough and Knudson Slough points to the area's ancestral settlement history, while the proximity of Rush Lake and Rock Slough suggests the specific character of individual water bodies in this waterfowl-rich environment.