2022 Map of Windom NE

About this map

Sharps Cr and its southern tributary, S Sharps Cr, define the drainage patterns of this McPherson County landscape. The area is marked by a rigorous section-line road grid, where travel follows historic naming conventions like Quivera Rd, Pawnee Rd, and Mohawk Rd. For family historians, several small burial grounds serve as anchors for the local rural community, including Excelsior Cem in the northwest and Fairview Cem near the center of the survey area. To the south, Windom Cem sits near the headwaters of Blaze Fork. The topography is largely agricultural, punctuated by a few isolated water features like Clear Pond and Edwards Cr, reflecting a region deeply tied to its hydrology and the systematic 19th-century division of the Great Plains.