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2017 Map of Menominee

Name: 2017 Topographic Map of Menominee
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2017
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2017

About this map

The Missouri River forms a wide, braided corridor through this borderlands region, where the Missouri National Recreation River preservation area spans the boundary between Yankton, South Dakota, and Nebraska's Cedar County. On the northern bank, the James River flows south to join the main channel near Rush Island, a significant riverine landform within the floodplain. This landscape is defined by the transition from the alluvial bottomlands to the dissected uplands of Nebraska.

Small agricultural settlements like St. Helena and Menominee anchor the rural landscape, connected by a strictly geometric grid of section-line roads such as 894th Rd and 560 Ave. The drainage patterns are well-defined by local waterways including Antelope Cr in the west and Second Bow Cr in the southeast, while the presence of Kaiser Ditch suggests early efforts to manage the wetlands and surface water of the river valley for agricultural use.