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2016 Map of Wood Lake

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

USGS Topo · Published 2016

About this map

The Yellow Medicine River winds through this section of southwest Minnesota, defining a landscape of agricultural sections and scattered water bodies. The settlement of Wood Lake serves as a primary hub, situated near the lake of the same name and Mud Lake. Further west, Hanley Falls sits near the river bend, with its local history anchored by the East Cem.

A network of county highways and named avenues, such as Co HWY 18 and Railroad Ave, connects these rural communities with the northern hamlet of Lorne and the Granite Falls Municipal Airport. For those tracing family history in Yellow Medicine County, the map identifies several local burial grounds, including the Lutheran Cem and Methodist Cem. To the south, the dry expanse of Sand Lake Bed marks the transition into Lyon County.