2020 Map of Harriet Lake SE

About this map

Small rural cemeteries like Skudesness Lutheran Cem and Evangelical Immanuel Cem are the primary cultural markers on this stretch of the High Plains near the Burleigh and Kidder County border. The landscape is defined by the Public Land Survey System, with roads such as 266th Ave Ne and 25th ST Se following the rigid section lines of Township 142 North and Township 141 North. This layout reflects the homesteading patterns of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, where Scandinavian and German Lutheran congregations established centers like Zion Langedahl Lutheran Cem and Chestina Cem to serve their far-flung farming communities. The abundance of unnamed wetlands and small basins scattered between these section roads reveals the post-glacial prairie pothole terrain characteristic of central North Dakota.