2013 Map of Pleasanton

About this map

Pleasanton sits directly on the border of Iowa and Missouri, anchoring a landscape where the grid-based road system of Decatur County meets the meandering drainage of the Thompson River watershed. This survey captures a rural territory defined by small, dispersed settlements like Adel and Saline, connected by a network of county highways and gravel roads such as Country Road 66. The hydrology of the region is prominent, with numerous named waterways including Marks Br and Kilgore Cr carving through the agricultural terrain. Shields Lake provides a localized water feature near the Iowa-Missouri line. In the eastern portion of the map, the community of Wataga serves as a local landmark amidst the rolling drainage basins of Lick Br and Hickory Br, illustrating the enduring spatial patterns of the Midwestern farm economy in the early 21st century.