2024 Map of Colgate

About this map

Maple River meanders across this rural North Dakota landscape, crossing through the borderlands where Steele, Barnes, and Cass Counties meet. This agricultural region is anchored by the small settlements of Colgate in the northeast and Walden to the south. The terrain is defined by the section-line grid of the Public Land Survey System, with an extensive network of rural routes such as Co Rd 2, Co Hwy 6, and Co Rd 26 providing access to the sprawling farmsteads. The path of the Maple River provides a rare natural break in the geometric regularity of the prairie, creating a corridor of wetlands and varying elevations amidst the productive fields. This survey captures the enduring rural character of the eastern plains as it exists in the early twenty-first century.