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2016 Map of Windom

Name: 2016 Topographic Map of Windom
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2016
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2016

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The Des Moines River winds through the southwestern corner of this Minnesota landscape, carving a valley across the border between Cottonwood Co and Jackson Co. At the center of the regional activity sits Windom, where the street grid organizes around historic local sites such as Lakeview Cem and Saint Francis Xavier Cem. The surrounding plains are heavily shaped by water management and agriculture, marked by several prominent basins including Cottonwood Lake, Fish Lake, and Lake Independence.

Cultural history is preserved in the rural countryside through locations like the Christiana Norwegian Cem and Bethany Cem, which anchor long-established farming communities. The hydrology of the area is complex, featuring the S Fork Watonwan River in the east and the engineered Judicial Ditch Number Twentythree to the south. This combination of natural river courses and drainage systems highlights the transition of the prairie into a highly productive agricultural corridor.