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1974 Map of Lostwood Lakes

Name: 1974 Topographic Map of Lostwood Lakes
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1977
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1977

About this map

Lostwood National Wildlife Refuge dominates this section of the prairie pothole region, characterized by a dense concentration of wetlands and lakes spanning the border between Burke and Mountrail counties. The landscape is defined by the elongated forms of Upper Lostwood Lake and Lower Lostwood Lake, surrounded by dozens of smaller named bodies of water including Martinsen Lake, Smith Lake, and numerous sloughs like Kittelson Slough and Dead-Dog Slough.

Social and infrastructure markers are concentrated in the northeast and southwest. The Vanville School and nearby Vanville Cem stand as significant landmarks for local family historians. In the southern reaches of the map, the Burlington Northern railroad corridor provides a sharp linear contrast to the irregular, water-carved terrain of the refuge, illustrating the intersection of natural conservation and mid-20th-century transportation networks.