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2010 Map of Sidney

Name: 2010 Topographic Map of Sidney
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2010
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2010

About this map

Sidney serves as the focal point of this southwestern Iowa landscape, where the town's grid sits near the Sidney Post Office and Sidney Cemetery. The surrounding agricultural terrain is deeply marked by a legacy of family and community burials, from Grandview Cemetery in the north to Slusher Cemetery and Austin Cemetery further south. This distribution of small burial grounds, such as Rector Cemetery and Means Cemetery, suggests the early settlement patterns of Fremont County's rural townships.

Water management is central to the area's geography, evidenced by the extensive network of ditches including Horse Creek Ditch, Lateral Number 8, and Main Ditch Number 6. These man-made features interact with natural watercourses like Neeley Creek and the Nishnabotna River, illustrating a landscape heavily engineered for drainage. The presence of Camp Wa Shawtee and Militia Hollow adds a layer of local recreational and geographic history to this 2010 survey.