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2013 Map of Ritzville NE

Name: 2013 Topographic Map of Ritzville NE
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2013
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2013

About this map

Ritzville serves as the focal point for this section of the Columbia Plateau, where the regional infrastructure follows both the cardinal directions of the Public Land Survey System and the diagonal path of the interstate corridor. The settlement of Tokio appears northeast of the city center, marking a significant point along the transit route that cuts across the township lines of t20n r35e and t20n r36e.

A network of family-named rural routes, such as E Wellsandt Rd, E Danekas Rd, and E Schoessler Rd, organizes the agricultural landscape into a rigid grid. These roads connect smaller locales like Coker to the larger transportation artery. The map illustrates how late-century development and longstanding farm boundaries coexist, maintaining the distinct land-use patterns characteristic of Adams County's dryland farming heritage.