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2016 Map of Silver Lake

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

USGS Topo · Published 2016

About this map

The Kansas River dominates the central landscape of this Shawnee County study, where the valley floor transitions from agricultural tracts into the expanding western reaches of Topeka. To the north, the Union Pacific railroad corridor threads through the established community of Silver Lake and the smaller junctions of Kiro and Menoken. The geography is defined by a series of significant tributaries, including Soldier Creek and Mission Creek, which converge toward the primary river valley near the prominent rise of Hickory Knob.

Local history and genealogy researchers will find several significant burial sites across the quadrangle, ranging from the Silver Lake Cem in the northwest to the West Lawn Memorial Gardens and Mission Center Cem further south. The southern portion of the map shows suburban developments clustered around Sherwood Lake and the various branches of Shunganunga Cr, illustrating the modern residential growth patterns adjacent to the state capital.