Bison serves as the central hub of this Perkins County landscape, situated where Main St meets the north-south corridor of White Butte Rd. The town’s layout is clearly defined by its residential grid and the Bison Municipal Airport to the south, while the Bison Cem rests on the northwestern edge of the settlement. Beyond the town limits, the terrain transition into the protected expanse of the Grand River National Grassland to the north. This area is shaped by a network of drainage systems including the South Fork Grand River, Box Spring Cr, and Timber Draw Cr. The map illustrates a classic Great Plains section-line road network, where routes like Bakke Rd and 130th St navigate the open prairie and grazing lands characteristic of northwestern South Dakota.
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1954 · Lemmon
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1957 · Lemmon
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1983 · Boxcar Buttes
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1983 · Square Top Butte
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1983 · Bison
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1983 · Bison NE
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1983 · Cole Dam
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1983 · Date NE
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1983 · Owen Lake
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1983 · Bison NW
USGS Topo · 1:24,000