2012 Map of Garretson West

About this map

Garretson anchors the northeastern corner of this Minnehaha County landscape, where the town's residential street grid and industrial rail corridor meet the surrounding agricultural plains. The terrain is defined by the winding course of Split Rock Cr, which meanders across the southern and western portions of the survey. This waterway creates a distinct contrast to the rigid, mile-spaced section line roads like 481st Avenue and 255th Street that organize the rural prairie. The map documents a specific moment in South Dakota's modern rural development, illustrating how the town of Garretson serves as a localized hub within a vast network of section-line farms and stream drainage patterns.