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2011 Map of Ardoch

Name: 2011 Topographic Map of Ardoch
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2011
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2011

About this map

The settlement of Ardoch serves as the focal point of this Walsh County landscape, situated where the historic corridor of Highway 81 cuts diagonally across the gridded agricultural plains of the Red River Valley. This area is defined by its sophisticated water management systems, essential for the fertile but flat terrain. The northern portion of the sheet is dominated by Lake Ardoch, a reservoir created by the Lake Ardoch Dam along the winding course of the Forest River.

A network of drainage infrastructure, including County Ditch Number 13 and County Ditch Number 19, illustrates the intensive modification of the landscape to support the region's farming economy. The map preserves the street-level details of Ardoch, showing residential and commercial blocks organized around Wall St, Ives St, and numbered streets from 5th St to 6th St. This grid is surrounded by a vast web of section-line roads such as 152nd Ave NE and 57th St NE, which maintain the orderly North Dakota township structure.