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2016 Map of Pengilly

Name: 2016 Topographic Map of Pengilly
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2016
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2016

About this map

The Mesabi Range mining landscape is etched into this 2016 survey of Itasca County, where the industrial footprint of iron ore extraction shapes the geography. North of Swan Lake, the map documents extensive tailing basins and basins associated with taconite processing, specifically the Butler Taconite Initial Tails BA and the Patrick Stilling Basin. These large-scale water management features stand alongside older settlements like Nashwauk and Pengilly, illustrating the long-term integration of residential life and heavy industry in northern Minnesota.

Residential clusters and lakefront roads like Kaleva Beach Rd and Ojaville Rd suggest a transition to recreational and permanent lakeside living. The terrain is a complex network of glacial lakes including Ox Hide Lake, Snowball Lake, and Hart Lake, connected by smaller watercourses such as O'Brien Cr. Between the mines and the water, small communities like Cooley, Kevin, and Jurgenson remain as established landmarks of the western Mesabi region.