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2013 Map of Morton NE

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

USGS Topo · Published 2013

About this map

Renville County farmland reveals a quiet landscape of agricultural endurance and Lutheran heritage in this 2013 survey. The section lines are punctuated by several small burial grounds, including the Saint Paul Cem in the north and the Palmyra Cem further south. These sites, along with the Palmyra Covenant Swedish Mission Cem and Swetlanda Lutheran Cem, speak to the deep Scandinavian and German immigrant roots that established this region's rural parishes.

The terrain is defined by an extensive drainage network essential to the local economy, featuring Ditch Number Twelve and County Ditch Number One Hundred Fifteen. These engineered waterways feed into the natural meanders of Fort Ridgely Creek, which cuts across the lower half of the quadrangle. Aside from a small segment of Us-212 in the far northeast corner, the map is dominated by a strict grid of gravel roads and section lines typical of the Minnesota prairie.