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2022 Map of Wheatfield

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

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

The town of Wheatfield serves as the focal point of this northern Indiana landscape, where the grid of Jasper County roads meets a complex network of managed waterways. These drainage features, including Marble Ditch, Delehanty Ditch, and Hickam Lateral, illustrate the intensive reclamation of the Kankakee marshlands for agriculture. The Kankakee River itself forms the northern boundary against Porter County, historically one of the most significant environmental features in the region.

Local history and genealogy are anchored by several established burial grounds, such as Wheatfield Cem and Sorrowful Mother Catholic Cem, located near the town center, and the more isolated Kniman Cem to the southwest. The small settlement of Stoutsburg appears to the west, while the surrounding terrain is defined by names like Fisher Ditch and Schrader Ditch, tracing the hydrological engineering that transformed this area into productive farmland.