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2016 Map of Ruthton

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

USGS Topo · Published 2016

About this map

The Coteau des Prairies upland plateau dominates this southwestern Minnesota landscape, where four counties converge at the intersection of Pipestone, Murray, Lincoln, and Lyon. The village of Ruthton serves as a primary hub, organized around Main St and Cleveland St, while the smaller settlement of Florence sits further north along the Co Rd 51 corridor.

Surface water patterns define the local geography, featuring the Redwood River and a series of distinct basins including W Twin Lake, E Twin Lake, and Mitchell Slough. For those researching local family history, several burial grounds are carefully documented, including Ruthton Cem, Opdal Cem, and Peace Cem. The map also captures the agricultural engineering of the region through named water management features like Judicial Ditch Number Thirteen and County Ditch Number Sixteen, alongside the dried basin of Lyadelle- Lakebed.