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2020 Map of Ritzville NE

Name: 2020 Topographic Map of Ritzville NE
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2020
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2020

About this map

Tokio and the northeastern outskirts of Ritzville define the human geography of this Adams County landscape. The area is marked by a sophisticated grid of rural roads, many of which carry family names like Bauman Rd, Krause Rd, and Danekas Rd, hinting at the agricultural heritage and land ownership patterns of the region. The map illustrates the geometric precision of the Public Land Survey System, with township boundaries for t20n r35e, t20n r36e, t19n r35e, and t19n r36e intersecting near the center of the sheet.

Transportation infrastructure is a dominant theme, with major thoroughfares and local connectors such as E Wellsandt Rd and N Sage Rd facilitating movement across the plains. The presence of E 1st Ave and E 4th Ave at the edge of the Ritzville settlement shows the transition from town grid to open country, providing a clear record of the interface between developed areas and the surrounding farmland in the early twenty-first century.