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2018 Map of Moorhead

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

USGS Topo · Published 2018

About this map

Moorhead and Soldier serve as the primary hubs of this western Iowa landscape, where the deeply dissected Loess Hills terrain dictates the path of every road and creek. The Soldier River provides the dominant drainage through the center of the region, flanked by winding tributaries like Jordan Cr and Norway Cr. This 2018 survey reveals a rural infrastructure defined by a grid of numbered roads, such as 250th St and 330th St, which must navigate the sharp relief of the surrounding ridges.

Local history and genealogy interests are centered around the Soldier Cem near the town of the same name and the Spring Valley Cem located south of Moorhead. The map illustrates how modern county highways, including Co Hwy L16 and Co Hwy E54, follow the more level ground of the river valleys to connect these small communities. The township and range lines, such as t83n r43w, remain the underlying structure for the farmsteads and agricultural plots that fill the high ground between the drainage basins.