2017 Map of Cottonwood Lake

About this map

New Zion Cem stands as a focal point of this agricultural landscape along the shared border of Hand and Jerauld counties. This 2017 survey reveals the persistent grid of the rural township system, where gravel roads like 368th Ave and Co Rd 8 define a network of section lines typical of the Dakotas. The terrain is characterized by numerous small prairie potholes and wetlands, with Cottonwood Lake and the winding course of Sand Cr serving as the primary drainage features. These natural depressions and seasonal water bodies dictate the placement of local homesteads and farmsteads, many of which are connected by secondary routes such as 370th Ave and 220th St. The map provides a precise record of late-twentieth and early-twenty-first-century rural land use, documenting the enduring boundaries of t109n r67w and t109n r66w.