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2011 Map of Dawson

Name: 2011 Topographic Map of Dawson
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2011
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2011

About this map

Dawson serves as the primary settlement hub in this portion of Kidder County, situated at the intersection of local routes and the regional highway corridor. The landscape is defined by a significant chain of water bodies, including Alkali Lake, Lake Isabel, and Lake Etta, which dictate the local topography and the grid of rural section roads. These lakes appear as substantial features in a prairie environment, influencing the placement of transportation routes such as County Hwy-10 and several numbered section roads like 39th St SE.

Within the town itself, the map details a residential grid including Garfield St, Cook St, and Chelton Ave, providing a clear view of the community's layout at the start of the 2010s. The arrangement of South St and the surrounding road network illustrates the typical North Dakota town-and-country pattern, where a compact municipal center transitions abruptly into a vast landscape of wetland basins and agricultural sections.