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2022 Map of Medford East

Name: 2022 Topographic Map of Medford East
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2022
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

The Straight River valley carves through the central portion of this Steele County landscape, serving as a primary corridor for settlement and modern infrastructure. Along its western banks, the community of Medford is shown with its grid of residential streets, while the northern outskirts of Owatonna begin to emerge at the southern boundary. This area is characterized by a high concentration of memorial sites and burial grounds, including the Richland Cem to the northeast and Oak Hill Cem near Clinton Falls.

Hydrological patterns are complex here, as the terrain divides between the westward-flowing Mud Cr and the headwaters of the North Fork Zumbro River in the east. The presence of the Straight River Trl indicates a transition toward recreational land use along the riparian corridor, while the surrounding sections remain partitioned by an extensive network of county highways and township roads like Co Hwy 19 and NW 86th St.