2015 Map of Groton SW

About this map

Hutterville Colony serves as the primary focal point of this rural landscape in Brown County, south of Groton. The terrain is defined by the subtle drainage patterns of Mud Cr and Dry Run, which wind through a strictly organized grid of agricultural section lines. This network, comprised of numbered avenues such as 401st Ave and streets like 145th St, illustrates the persistent influence of the Public Land Survey System on South Dakota's development. The map reveals the relationship between communal settlement patterns and the surrounding prairie environment, as indicated by the township and range designations like t121n r61w. This survey is a record of the area's late-twentieth and early-twenty-first-century agrarian infrastructure.