Little Rock Township Lens

T37N R6E, Kendall County. Stainfield, Little Rock Creek & the ditch to its east, from the 1830 survey to the Spring 2026 flight.

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Ground Historic overlay

Overlay opacity 65% Stainfield, recorded plats All current subdivisions

Today's running water

USGS stream & ditch network Kendall County waterway lines Little Rock Creek drainage Big Rock Creek watershed divide Every 12-digit subwatershed (zoom 11+)

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USGS draws the network on demand & can take 20 to 30 seconds when busy; the county lines arrive first. All water rides above every historic sheet & both sides of the swipe.

Trace the ditch

Start at the ditch head out in the field & click downstream toward Little Rock Creek. Click the last point again, or press Finish. Esc cancels.

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Samples the USGS 3DEP ground model about every 50 ft (max 60 points). A 1 m model can catch a ditch bank instead of its bed, so read the trend, not single wiggles.

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Sources

Kendall County Open GeoData (CC0) for aerials, atlases, cadastre & county waterways. Illinois DNR for county plat books. USGS for historic topos (via Esri), the National Hydrography Dataset, the Watershed Boundary Dataset, NAIP imagery & 3DEP elevation.