2015 Map of Daly Corners

About this map

Houghton and the eponymous Daly Corners anchor this 2015 survey of northeastern Brown County, where the landscape is defined by the rigid geometry of the Public Land Survey System. The map illustrates a region managed for both agriculture and conservation, featuring the Columbia Road Reservoir in the northwest corner and the managed flow of the Crow Cr Drainage Ditch further south. Local history is anchored at the Houghton Cem north of the primary settlement, while the modern infrastructure includes a designated Auto Tour Rte likely connected to the nearby waterfowl management areas. The section lines, marked by routes such as 400th Ave and 120th St, reveal the persistent grid that has organized this South Dakota prairie since the original homesteading era.