2011 Map of Carpio

About this map

Carpio sits at the nexus of a winding river valley and the surrounding high plains in this North Dakota landscape. The Des Lacs River snakes through the center of the terrain, its path deeply carved into the prairie and supplemented by the Carpio Dam. This hydraulic and topographical relationship is further defined by a series of dramatic coulees—steep-walled drainage valleys—including Flaten Coulee, Johnson Coulee, and Oleaas Coulee, which draw runoff from the agricultural uplands down toward the river basin.