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1960 Map of Sioux Valley

Name: 1960 Topographic Map of Sioux Valley
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1962
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1962

About this map

The Little Sioux River and its West Fork define this agricultural landscape along the Minnesota and Iowa border during the early 1960s. The area is characterized by a high concentration of water management features, including the prominent Judicial Ditch and County Ditch No 11, which drain the lowlands surrounding Skunk Lake and Rush Lake. These engineering works highlight the era's intensive efforts to reclaim and maintain productive prairie farmland.

Local life is anchored by community landmarks such as the Sioux Valley Sch and several denominational burial grounds including St Pauls Cem, Norwegian Cem, and Sioux Valley Cem. Small settlements like Spafford dot the township boundaries of Ewington and Sioux Valley. Numerous Gravel Pits are scattered across the terrain, indicating the local extraction industry supporting the network of section-line roads during this period.