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2015 Map of Sidney

Name: 2015 Topographic Map of Sidney
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2015
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2015

About this map

Sidney serves as the focal point of this southwestern Iowa landscape, where the town’s street grid, including Webster St and Cass St, meets the agricultural and hydrologic engineering of the Missouri River floodplain. The western portion of the map is dominated by an extensive drainage system, featuring Main Ditch Number 6 and various laterals like Lateral Number 10, illustrating the concerted effort to reclaim and manage bottomlands for farming.

Genealogists will find an exceptional concentration of burial sites throughout the territory, from the Fremont County Cem and Sidney Cem near the town center to family-named plots such as Lovelady Cem and Rector Cem. The topography transitions from the flat, ditched plains near Horse Cr Ditch into the more varied terrain of Militia Hollow, eventually reaching the course of the Nishnabotna River in the southeast corner.