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1978 Map of Rice Lake South

Name: 1978 Topographic Map of Rice Lake South
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1979
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1979

About this map

Rice Lake serves as the industrial and educational anchor of this Barron County landscape, where the Chicago and North Western railroad corridor shapes the development of the city and nearby Cameron. The map reveals a land defined by water and specialized agriculture, notably the Cranberry Bog areas near the Red Cedar River and the chain of lakes including Lake Montanis and Moon Lake.

Rural life in the surrounding townships of Stanley and Sumner is marked by a network of local landmarks, such as the Pleasant Plain Church and several community burial grounds like Pine Grove Cemetery and Pioneer Rest Cemetery. To the east, the terrain rises into the Blue Hills, while the valley floors are dotted with numerous Gravel Pits, signaling the area's geological and economic character during the late 1970s.