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2018 Map of McCallsburg

Name: 2018 Topographic Map of McCallsburg
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2018
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2018

About this map

McCallsburg and Roland anchor this portion of the Iowa prairie, where the agricultural grid meets the winding courses of E Indian Cr and Bear Cr. The landscape reflects a deeply rooted heritage, particularly evident in the cluster of burial grounds and religious sites such as the Stavanger Norwegian Cem and Zion Lutheran Church Cem. These features, along with the Bergen Cem and Zion Lutheran Church, speak to the early Scandinavian and German immigrant communities that established these townships.

Industrial and transport patterns are defined by the intersection of county roads like Co RD s14 and Co RD e18, which connect the small grain-handling centers of Garden City to the larger network. The drainage patterns of Middle Minerva Cr in the southeast corner illustrate the subtle topography of the Des Moines Lobe, a region where the land was meticulously sectioned for farming following the late 19th-century settlement boom.