1978 Map of Dogie Butte

About this map

Mud Butte School and the Miller Ranch anchor this late-1970s topographic survey of the borderlands between North Dakota and South Dakota. The landscape is defined by the drainages of Sevenmile Creek, Fivemile Creek, and Firemile Creek, which carve through the high plains of Bowman and Harding Counties. This era of land use is marked by a mix of traditional ranching and emerging energy interests, evidenced by an Oil Well in the north and the presence of a remote Landing Strip and Jeep Trail. To the south, the terrain rises toward the namesake Dogie Butte, while the settlement area of Arnett sits near the headwaters of Arnett Creek. The map captures a transition in the western rangeland, where the expansive township grids of Union are interspersed with the infrastructure of modern resource extraction.