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2012 Map of Fruitdale

Name: 2012 Topographic Map of Fruitdale
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2012
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2012

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Belle Fourche Reservoir dominates the northern landscape of this Butte County region, its irregular shoreline shaped by the surrounding high ground of Susie Peak and the southern Haystack Buttes. The area's agricultural character is defined by an intricate network of water management, where the Redwater Canal and various irrigation features like the Johnson Lateral and Indian Creek Lateral divert water across the plains near the Belle Fourche River.

Evidence of early 20th-century immigrant settlement is preserved in the landscape through the Danish Cem and Snoma Finnish Cem, providing a tangible link for genealogists to the specific ethnic enclaves that once established roots here. The grid of rural roads, including Snoma Rd and Crooked Oaks Rd, connects these remote sites to the small hub of Fruitdale, positioned along the river at the junction of Lake St and High St.