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2022 Map of West Albany

Name: 2022 Topographic Map of West Albany
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2022
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

Irish Ridge and its deeply carved drainages define this portion of the driftless area in Wabasha County. The landscape is characterized by a high plateau deeply incised by watercourses such as Spring Cr and the Zumbro River. These sharp elevation changes are evidenced by named topographic features including Hungry Hollow, Hell Coulee, and Hurley Ravine. Settlement is focused primarily along the ridge tops and valley floors where roads like Co RD 11 and Co RD 72 follow the natural contours of the land.

Local history is preserved in several small burial grounds found throughout the township. These include West Albany Cem, Jacksonville Cem, and Hyde Park Cem, which serve as quiet markers of the farming families who established these rural communities. The map provides a contemporary view of this agricultural landscape, showing the persistent network of local roads such as 670th ST and 612th ST that connect the scattered farmsteads and timbered coulees.