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2022 Map of Starbuck NW

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

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

Glacial depressions and riverine systems define this portion of Pope County, where the Chippewa River and its tributary, the Little Chippewa River, wind through a landscape dominated by numerous small lakes. The distribution of water bodies like Abrahamson Lake, Osterberg Lake, and Rosby Lake indicates the undulating prairie pothole terrain characteristic of western Minnesota.

Evidence of early Scandinavian and European settlement is preserved in the local nomenclature and several well-established burial grounds. Genealogists can find the Nora Cem centrally located near Co Hwy 26, while Pike Lake Cem and Saint John's Cem serve as landmarks in the northern and southern sectors respectively. The survey documents a dense network of township roads, such as Twp Rd T-250 and Twp Rd T-119, which historically facilitated the region's agricultural development around natural catchments like Irgens Lake and Lybeck Lake.