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1983 Map of Tomah

Name: 1983 Topographic Map of Tomah
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1984
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1984

About this map

The city of Tomah serves as the focal point for this survey, located at the junction of the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific railroad and the waters of Lake Tomah. To the west, the rugged topography of the Fort McCoy Military Reservation dominates the landscape, featuring prominent elevations such as Bald Bluff and Windrow Bluff. This area illustrates a mid-century transition in rural Wisconsin, where traditional farming communities around the small settlements of Jacksonville and Ridgeville coexist with expanding military and transportation infrastructure.

Local history researchers will find a dense concentration of civic institutions within the town, including Memorial Hosp, the Fairground, and several parochial schools like St Marys Sch and St Pauls Sch. Beyond the urban center, the land is carved by the Lemonweir River and its various tributaries, including the South Fork Lemonweir River. The map meticulously identifies numerous rural burial grounds, such as Mt Vernon Cem and Oak Grove Cem, alongside scattered industrial sites like the Quarry near Ridgeville and various sandpits.