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1997 Map of Grassy Butte SE

Name: 1997 Topographic Map of Grassy Butte SE
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2001
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2001

About this map

The Little Knife River carves a complex path through the badlands of western North Dakota in this late-twentieth-century revision. The landscape reflects the convergence of the state’s energy industry and its cultural heritage, most notably at the Little Knife Gas Plant and a designated Oil Field to the north. These industrial markers stand alongside vestiges of the area's immigrant history, including the Greek Ch and the Russian Cem located near the river's bend.

Boundaries for McKenzie, Dunn, and Billings counties intersect within the Little Missouri National Grassland, highlighting the survey's role in documenting public land management. Researchers may find interest in small, isolated markers such as the Graves site in the northern section, suggesting a layer of personal history atop the vast grazing lands and mineral deposits that define this region's economy and settlement patterns.