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2015 Map of Bitter Lake

Name: 2015 Topographic Map of Bitter Lake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2015
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2015

About this map

Roswell sits at the northern edge of this Miner County landscape, a prairie community defined by the grid of Section Line roads and the slow drainages of the eastern Dakota plains. The geography is dominated by a series of depressions and water bodies, most notably the expansive Bitter Lake and the nearby Twin Lakes. These shallow basins, common to the glaciated terrain of the region, dictate the local road network as routes like 235th ST and 425th Ave navigate around the water's edge.

Genealogists will find the Roswell Cem clearly marked just south of the town center, providing a specific point of reference for local family history. The drainage system of the area is further detailed by the courses of Rock Cr and Pooley Cr, which meander through the townships of t106n r58w and t105n r57w. The map preserves the exact alignment of rural infrastructure in the mid-2010s, from the isolated farmsteads to the section-line corridors that have organized South Dakota's agricultural life for generations.