2018 Map of Drake SW

About this map

The small community of Kief sits in the northwestern corner of this landscape, a remote settlement surrounded by the pothole lakes and glacial topography characteristic of the Central North Dakota prairie. The terrain is defined by a dense network of small wetlands and larger named bodies such as Kandt Lake, Lake Richard, and Ebel Lake. This 2018 survey reveals a highly structured grid of section lines and secondary roads like 30th St NE, which crisscross the boundary between McHenry and Sheridan counties. Near the center of the sheet, the Rosenfeld Baptist Cem provides a specific point of interest for genealogists and local historians, serving as a quiet landmark amidst the agricultural fields and scattered farmsteads that occupy the township's high ground between Krueger Lake and the various unnamed sloughs.