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2015 Map of Watertown West

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

USGS Topo · Published 2015

About this map

Lake Kampeska dominates this landscape west of the city, its northern shoreline developed with the North Shore community. The map reveals a transition from the urban grid of Watertown to the surrounding prairie wetlands and subdivisions. To the east, the Big Sioux River meanders toward the south, flanked by the Williams Subdivision and Green Trees Subdivision.

Evidence of historical transportation infrastructure is preserved through the marking of an Abandoned Railroad cutting diagonally toward the northwest. Aviation and religious history are also represented, with the expansive Watertown Regional Airport positioned near the Mother of God Monastery Cem. This geography is defined by its water, from the vast Pelican Lake in the south to the marshy Cottonwood Slough and Smith Lake in the northwest corner, illustrating the complex hydrology of the Coteau des Prairies region.