2017 Map of Burkmere

About this map

Burkmere serves as a central landmark in this prairie landscape of Faulk County, where the township and range system creates a rigid grid across the undulating terrain. The landscape is defined by the winding course of the S Fork Snake Cr and a dense concentration of small wetlands and prairie potholes that dot the sections. Local history is anchored at the Bass Cem, situated just south of the main settlement along 343rd Ave. This area of South Dakota reflects a late-20th and early-21st-century agricultural continuity, where section-line roads like 162nd St and 346th Ave provide the primary infrastructure for the scattered farmsteads. The map captures the intersection of natural drainage patterns with the formal geometry of the Public Land Survey System, illustrating how water and geography dictate the placement of local crossroads.