2016 Map of Silver Lake

About this map

The town of Silver Lake sits at the heart of this Indiana lake country, where a dense network of glacial basins and agricultural drainage ditches defines the landscape of Kosciusko, Fulton, and Wabash counties. The area is marked by a legacy of rural burial grounds, including Germantown Cem and Franklin Cem, which anchor the surrounding farmsteads. To the north, Claypool serves as a local hub near Caldwell Lake and Jamison Lake, while the small settlement of Disko rests on the southern border along Kroft Ditch. The complex hydrology of the region is evident in the numerous water bodies like Beaver Dam Lake, Loon Lake, and Diamond Lake, many of which are interconnected by engineered waterways such as Eaton Ditch and Lautzenhiser Ditch. This grid of section lines and ditches illustrates the systematic effort to manage the high water table for productive farming in the mid-2010s.