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2022 Map of Spirit Lake SE

Name: 2022 Topographic Map of Spirit Lake SE
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2022
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

Arnolds Park and Milford anchor the northwestern corner of this landscape, representing the southern extent of the Iowa Great Lakes region's settlement pattern. The terrain transition is marked by the shoreline features of Kruses Beach and Gingles Point, which lead into a vast agricultural interior defined by an organized grid of section lines and county roads. The drainage of this prairie land is visible through engineered and natural waterways like Bull Ditch and the meandering path of Milford Creek.

Southward, the map follows the flow of Little Muddy Cr and Big Muddy Cr as they cross the boundary between Dickinson and Clay Counties. This area reflects the mid-20th-century development of rural infrastructure, where named routes like Sunshine Run provide access to the dispersed farmsteads of the Iowa plains. The survey captures the intersection of lakeside recreation and the steady, grid-based expansion of the state's agricultural heartland.