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1975 Map of Stroud North

Name: 1975 Topographic Map of Stroud North
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1979
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1979

About this map

Oil and gas development defines the landscape north of Stroud in the mid-1970s, with countless derricks and rigs belonging to the North Fox Oil Field and surrounding petroleum zones. The terrain is a network of small drainages including Euchee Creek, Cunny Creek, and Salt Creek, which wind through the township boundaries of Ponca and North Keokuk.

Transportation corridors dominate the southern edge of the sheet, where the Turner Turnpike and a prominent Tollgate manage regional traffic alongside the St L - S F and Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroads. Local history is preserved in rural burial grounds like Henry Cem and Black Cem, while the Stroud Municipal Airport and Stroud Lake show the mid-century infrastructure supporting the growing community.