2022 Map of Twistal Swamp

About this map

Twistal Swamp dominates the landscape of this corner of far northwestern Minnesota, where the drainage patterns of the Red River Valley are managed by an intricate network of engineered waterways. Public land surveys from the 2020s reveal a region defined by agricultural utility and water management, with State Ditch Number Ninety and Lateral Ditch Number Five cutting straight paths across the terrain to channel runoff toward the meandering Tamarac River. In the southern portion of the map, Judicial Ditch Number Nineteen follows the Kittson and Marshall County line.