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2022 Map of Morton NE

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

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

Scattered burial grounds and a complex network of agricultural drainage define this section of the Minnesota prairie, documented by the U.S. Geological Survey. The landscape is etched with the heritage of Scandinavian and German settlement, evidenced by the Palmyra Covenant Swedish Mission Cem, Swedlanda Lutheran Cem, and the Evangelical Lutheran Cem. These sites serve as silent markers of the congregational history that once anchored these rural townships.

Water management is the primary engineering feature of the terrain, with Judicial Ditch Number Twelve and County Ditch Number One Hundred Fifteen cutting straight lines across the sections to facilitate farming. These man-made channels contrast with the winding path of Fort Ridgely Cr, which meanders through the central townships. The grid of county roads, including Co RD 50 and Co RD 4, maintains the rigid structure of the original Public Land Survey System.