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2013 Map of McCoysburg

Name: 2013 Topographic Map of McCoysburg
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2013
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2013

About this map

McCoysburg and Pleasant Ridge anchor this Jasper County landscape, which is defined by an extensive engineered drainage network designed to manage the flat, agrarian terrain. The presence of numerous named waterways such as Moore Ditch, Ryan Ditch, and Makeever Huff Ditch illustrates the historical effort to transform this portion of the Indiana prairie into productive farmland. The Iroquois River cuts through the northwest, while the southern reaches are drained by Slough Cr and Keefe Ditch.

Transportation and infrastructure are represented by a rigid grid of county roads and the small Gilmore Airport in the southwest corner. The small settlement of Moody sits at the northern edge, connected to the larger community of McCoysburg by a system of meridian and range roads. This map serves as a detailed record of local land use, showing the intersection of natural watercourses and the human-made channels like Jordan Ditch and Spurgeon Ditch that dictate the region's hydrology.