1974 Map of St. Croix Dalles SE

About this map

The Apple River snakes through this agricultural landscape in Polk County, revealing a complex network of glacial landforms and field patterns as they appeared in the mid-1970s. This orthophotoquad is built from an aerial photograph taken on October 12, 1974, providing a direct visual record of land use and vegetation during the autumn season. The high-contrast imagery highlights the numerous kettle lakes and wetland depressions characteristic of this region, alongside a dense patchwork of rectangular farm fields. Small woodlots and forested corridors remain primarily along the steeper banks of the Apple River and around the perimeter of the larger water bodies, showing the balance between natural drainage systems and intensive dairy or crop farming in this part of Wisconsin.