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2022 Map of Templeton NE

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

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

Big Pine Creek and Big Creek define the drainage of this agricultural landscape at the tri-county intersection of Jasper, White, and Benton counties. The terrain is engineered for modern cultivation through an extensive network of named waterways including Mason Eastburn Ditch, Hollingsworth Ditch, and Hoagland Ditch. These improvements reflect a long history of water management in the region, where the natural prairie was systematically drained to create productive farmland.

A heavy grid of rural roads, such as County Road 1200 East and County Road 380, facilitates the movement of goods across the township lines of Township 26 North, Range 6 West and its neighbors. The map reveals the persistence of early land division and the transition to large-scale agriculture, marked by specific water features like Sweeney Ditch and Miller Ditch that follow the natural contours of the Indiana plains.