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2015 Map of Tingley NE

Name: 2015 Topographic Map of Tingley NE
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2015
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2015

About this map

The Thompson River winds southward through this corner of southern Iowa, carving a valley that defines the landscape across the borders of Union, Clarke, Ringgold, and Decatur counties. This rural landscape is characterized by a high concentration of small family and community burial grounds, including Otterbein Cem, Reasoner Cem, and Homewood Cem. The placement of these cemeteries often correlates with the high ridges overlooking the river’s tributaries, such as Twelvemile Cr and Sevenmile Cr.

Modern infrastructure is represented by the Grand River Bridge, which facilitates movement across the waterway that historically separated these agricultural townships. Northward, Spring Valley Lake sits near the headwaters of the Thompson, while a network of numbered gravel roads, such as 210th ST and 260th ST, follows the section lines of the Public Land Survey System. The area remains a quiet expanse of rolling farmland and timbered creek bottoms.