2013 Map of Woolstock

About this map

Woolstock serves as the central hub of this Wright County landscape, situated where the grid of rural township roads meets the natural curves of the Boone River. The area is defined by a highly managed hydrologic system, evidenced by numerous numbered drainage projects such as Ditch Number 130, Ditch Number 172, and Ditch Number 68. These man-made channels support the intensive agricultural use of the land between the more traditional waterways of Eagle Creek and White Fox Creek. The map provides a precise record of the early 21st-century rural infrastructure, from the residential streets of Woolstock like W Neville St to the sprawling network of county avenues and numbered streets that partition the Iowa prairie. Collectors of local history can trace the convergence of Buck Creek and Lyons Creek in the southeastern quadrant, reflecting the enduring geography of the Boone River valley.