2012 Map of Flat Top Butte

About this map

The R Elling Ranch and H Millett Ranch anchor the northern landscape of this Harding County survey, illustrating the enduring agricultural patterns of the high plains. The terrain is defined by prominent topographical rises such as Flat Top Butte and Finger Butte, which stand as landmarks over an intricate network of seasonal drainages. Waterways including Crooked Cr, Dog Cr, and Rabbit Cr weave through the grasslands, occasionally pooling at named locations like Point Comfort. Transportation in this sparsely populated region is dominated by section-line tracks and the primary thoroughfare of Sorum Rd, reflecting the grid-based settlement and remote ranching economy characteristic of northwestern South Dakota in the early twenty-first century.