2014 Map of Balta SE

About this map

Battema Lake and Girard Lake dominate the glaciated topography of this Pierce County landscape, situated within the prairie pothole region of North Dakota. The terrain is characterized by numerous small, unnamed depressions and wetlands that punctuate the high-plateau surface. A rigorous section-line road grid, including 49th St NE and 26th Ave NE, organizes the rural space, reflecting the enduring legacy of the Public Land Survey System. The east-west corridor of Nd-19 provides the primary transit artery through the southern portion of the quadrangle, while Cr-3532 connects the scattered farmsteads and agricultural plots that define the local economy. This 2014 survey documents the persistence of the traditional agrarian layout in an area where water and land management are intrinsically linked by the natural drainage patterns of the plains.