2015 Map of Newark SW

About this map

Renzienhausen Slough and the winding course of Crow Cr dominate this glaciated landscape in the northern plains. This area, straddling the border between Brown Co and Marshall Co, is characterized by a dense network of seasonal wetlands and prairie potholes that dictate the region's agricultural layout. The strict orthogonal grid of rural roads, including 107th St and 415th Ave, reflects the late stages of the Public Land Survey System, where section lines are maintained even as they navigate the irregular topography of the sloughs. The geography here illustrates the persistence of small-scale water management and township planning in the early 21st-century American heartland, where the natural hydrology of the James River valley still influences human passage and land use.