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1975 Map of Waupun NE

Name: 1975 Topographic Map of Waupun NE
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1977
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1977

About this map

Oakfield and the surrounding agricultural landscape of Fond du Lac County are captured in this orthophotograph based on aerial imagery from September 1975. The high-altitude perspective emphasizes the rigid grid of Wisconsin farm plots and drainage patterns, with the town of Oakfield serving as a primary hub. Further north, the small settlement of Lamartine appears along the roadway network, while Oak Center sits to the west, illustrating the dense distribution of rural communities in this era.

A significant portion of the southwestern corner is occupied by the Horicon National Wildlife Refuge, where the structured geometry of the surrounding farmland gives way to the more organic, darkened textures of the wetlands. This 1970s survey provides a clear view of the land-use divide between intensive dairy-country cultivation and protected natural marshland before late-century development shifted the local footprint.