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2022 Map of Ruthven

Name: 2022 Topographic Map of Ruthven
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2022
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

Ruthven sits at the southern edge of a glacial landscape defined by an intricate network of wetlands and open water. The town’s grid, featuring streets like Main St and Center St, is positioned near the intersection of Old Hwy 18 and 360th St, while local history is anchored at Crown Hill Cem and Calvary Cem to the east.

The hydrology of the region is the map's most striking quality, dominated by the large expanse of Lost Island Lake and Trumbull Lake. These major bodies are connected by a complex system of waterways including Mud Lake, Smiths Slough, and Barringer Slough. This saturation of the landscape, including engineered features like Ditch Number 61, illustrates a delicate balance between the area's natural prairie pothole ecology and the surrounding agricultural sections of Clay Co and Palo Alto Co.