Reconnoissance Soil Survey of Part of North Western Wisconsin, 1911 (Classic Reprint)

Book excerpt: Excerpt from Reconnoissance Soil Survey of Part of North Western Wisconsin, 1911 The area described in the present report is in the northwestern part of the state, as shown on the map of Wisconsin, fig. 1. Four of the counties border on the state of Minnesota on the west. It is approximately between the parallels 44 30' and 45 45' north latitude, and the meridians 91 and. 93 west longitude, which is the same latitude as central Maine on the Atlantic coast, and northern Oregon. On the Pacific, and the same longitude as central Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri in the Mississippi valley. The area includes the counties of Eau Claire, Chippewa, Rusk, Barron, Dunn, Pepin, Pierce, St. Croix, and Polk; These nine counties contain 186 townships and have a total area of square miles, approximately one-eighth of the state. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.