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1951 Map of Flora SE

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of Flora SE
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1986
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1986

About this map

The Sheyenne River and West Sheyenne River wind through the prairie landscape of Wells, Benson, and Eddy counties, reflecting the agricultural and conservation priorities of mid-century North Dakota. Surveyed as part of the Department of the Interior's Missouri River Basin development program, this map captures a rural township structure defined by small community hubs like Valhalla and Grandfield. The presence of a National Waterfowl Production Area highlights the importance of the local wetlands within the migratory flyway.

Local history is preserved through the locations of rural social centers such as Eden Ch and Augustana Ch, alongside numbered schoolhouses including School No 1 and School No 3. These landmarks, along with a solitary Windmill, illustrate the dispersed settlement pattern characteristic of the Northern Plains. The topographic data, updated through the 1980s, provides a record of the changing water levels and land use in this tri-county intersection.