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1958 Map of Necedah

Name: 1958 Topographic Map of Necedah
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1967
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1967

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The Necedah National Wildlife Refuge dominates this mid-century landscape, characterized by an extensive network of water management features including the Sprague Flowage, Meadow Valley Flowage, and Potters Flowage. These reservoirs and ditches, such as the Rattail Ditch and Spencer-Robinson Ditch, illustrate a complex hydrological system designed for the Central Wisconsin wetlands. The Yellow River meanders southward through the center of the sheet toward the village of Necedah, where it eventually joins the massive Petenwell Flowage on the Wisconsin River.

Settlement patterns follow the rail lines, with the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific and Chicago and North Western railroads intersecting at Necedah. Local history is preserved in rural landmarks like the Rockview Sch and several family-named burial grounds, including Novonty Cem and Seavies Prairie Cem. The presence of several Quarries and a Lookout Tower near the river indicates the primary land uses and natural resource management of the era.