2020 Map of Alkali Lake

About this map

Alkali Lake anchors the southeastern corner of this section of the northern Great Plains, where the terrain is defined by the high-density wetlands and small prairie potholes typical of the Missouri Coteau. This 2020 landscape in Central North Dakota reflects a highly organized rural grid, where numbered section lines like 23rd St NW and 9th Ave NW dictate the movement of agriculture and travel. The cultural history of the area is preserved in its remote rural burial grounds, including Tabor Cem to the west and the Seventh Day Adventist Cem in the north. The boundary between McLean Co and Sheridan Co runs vertically through the center-east, marking a political division in an otherwise continuous landscape of rolling glacial till and small seasonal basins.