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2010 Map of Templeton NE

Name: 2010 Topographic Map of Templeton NE
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2010
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2010

About this map

Big Pine Creek and a complex network of artificial waterways dominate this portion of Jasper County. The landscape is defined by the agricultural engineering of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, where features like Mason Eastburn Ditch, Hollingsworth Ditch, and Hoagland Ditch have been cut to drain the prairie soil for cultivation. These straight-line ditches contrast with the meandering path of natural streams such as Honey Creek and Big Creek.

The infrastructure follows a rigid section-line grid, typical of the rural Midwest. Major north-south arteries like S 1100 W and east-west routes such as W 600 S facilitate movement across the open farm country. This map provides a clear record of drainage patterns and property access in the years before significant modern development altered the rural character of the Templeton Northeast quadrangle.