2017 Map of Dog Ear Buttes

About this map

Dog Ear Buttes rise as a prominent topographic landmark in this section of South Dakota, anchoring a landscape defined by the drainage patterns of Dog Ear Cr and Hollow Cr. The map reveals a strictly regulated prairie landscape, where the public land survey system has dictated a precise grid of rural transport, including routes like 280th St and 311th Ave. This late-period survey illustrates how modern infrastructure in Tripp County remains closely tied to the underlying terrain and watershed boundaries, such as the small drainage of Mud Cr in the northeast. The absence of concentrated town centers emphasizes the expansive, ranch-and-farm character of the Ideal segment, where geographic features like the buttes serve as the primary navigational anchors for the surrounding rural sections.