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2016 Map of Zim

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

USGS Topo · Published 2016

About this map

The Saint Louis River snakes through this portion of Saint Louis County, defining a landscape of northern wetlands and industrial activity. Near the settlement of Forbes, the Forbes Cem provides a point of interest for genealogists tracing local families in the Iron Range region. The most striking human-made feature is the massive Eveleth Taconite Tailings Basin, which dominates the central terrain and reflects the area's deep ties to the mining industry.

Smaller residential clusters like Zim and Peary are connected by a network of rural routes including Zim Rd and Dibbell Rd. Numerous water bodies are scattered across the quadrangle, from the larger Stone Lake and Clover Lake to the secluded Hiekkila Lake and Little Tony Lake. This geography illustrates the intersection of Minnesota's natural lake-and-river systems with the large-scale land modifications required by taconite processing.