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1949 Map of Deering SW

Name: 1949 Topographic Map of Deering SW
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1980
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1980

About this map

The agricultural townships of Ward County are captured here in a mid-century period of stability, defined by the organized township grids of McKinley, Maryland, and Surrey. The landscape is dotted with the essential nodes of rural life, including Emmanuel Ch and localized education centers such as School No 2 and School No 4. These sites, along with a Radio Sta, indicate the social infrastructure supporting the farming families of the northern plains.

Surface drainage is dominated by the meandering path of Egg Creek in the north and Livingston Creek in the southwest. Transport and commerce are anchored by the Burlington Northern railroad corridor, which cuts across the southern portion of the quadrangle. This 1949 survey, with its 1979 photorevisions, reveals the precise topography of the Red River Valley's edge, where the land begins to rise into the glacial till of the Missouri Coteau.