Dublin Core
Title
Topography Map
Subject
Civic
Description
This topographic map combines the natural features and man-made road system, illustrating the three-dimensional features of the city in two-dimensions. The map was produced for the City Planning Commission, and is a quick reference to helping understand the elevations and shape of the land, as well as access to areas in the city. In this map the Fox River serves as the level that the elevations are measured against.
The hill on the north side of the city is visible, with the tight grouping of lines indicating the rapid rise. Similarly, the top center of the map cuts off just as the quarry begins, with a series of very close lines around a partial oval shape showing the vertical walls of the quarry pit. The railroad paths are also interesting to follow. Although they bisect the roadways, to the frustration of motorists in the city, they follow a mostly flat corridor through the rises and falls in elevation.
These natural features are a remnant of the last receding ice sheet that created a system of kettles (depressions) and moraines (hills) that form the main geographic feature across the county. The city of Waukesha reflects these rises and falls in the land. In addition, the ice sheets also left the city on top of a shallow aquifer, followed by a bedrock layer, and then a deep aquifer. It is the shallow aquifer that fed the many springs in town.
Donor: City of Waukesha, Planning Department
Adopt an Aritfact Sponsor: First Federal Bank
The hill on the north side of the city is visible, with the tight grouping of lines indicating the rapid rise. Similarly, the top center of the map cuts off just as the quarry begins, with a series of very close lines around a partial oval shape showing the vertical walls of the quarry pit. The railroad paths are also interesting to follow. Although they bisect the roadways, to the frustration of motorists in the city, they follow a mostly flat corridor through the rises and falls in elevation.
These natural features are a remnant of the last receding ice sheet that created a system of kettles (depressions) and moraines (hills) that form the main geographic feature across the county. The city of Waukesha reflects these rises and falls in the land. In addition, the ice sheets also left the city on top of a shallow aquifer, followed by a bedrock layer, and then a deep aquifer. It is the shallow aquifer that fed the many springs in town.
Donor: City of Waukesha, Planning Department
Adopt an Aritfact Sponsor: First Federal Bank
Publisher
City of Waukesha
Date
1960
Rights
Waukesha County Historical Society & Museum