2021 Map of Coal Springs SE

About this map

Thunder Butte Cr and its various tributaries define the drainage patterns of this Perkins County landscape, which remains largely characterized by open range and intermittent watercourses. In the northwestern corner, School Section Draw marks a notable topographic depression, likely named during the early land surveying and settlement period when certain sections were set aside for public education funding. Human infrastructure is limited to the thin line of Foster Rd, which cuts across the central portion of the quadrangle, and Berry Cr in the southwest. This 2021 survey illustrates the enduring rural character of the Great Plains, where the Public Land Survey System grid—divided here into townships such as t16n r16e and t16n r17e—remains the primary organizational structure for land use and navigation.