2011 Map of Ayr NE

About this map

Rush River and the South Branch Elm River meander through this section of Cass County, defining the drainage patterns of the Red River Valley’s prairie landscape. The area is structured by a rigid section-line road grid, where routes like 12th St SE and 148th Ave SE facilitate the agricultural movement essential to this part of North Dakota. This 2011 survey reflects a modern agricultural landscape that remains largely unchanged in its spatial organization from the original homestead era, though it is now viewed through the lens of high-resolution digital topography and satellite-derived road data. The map reveals the subtle topographic depressions where seasonal water gathers, illustrating how the natural hydrology of the Rush River basin interacts with the orderly human imposition of township and range lines.