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1954 Map of Haydraw

Name: 1954 Topographic Map of Haydraw
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1981
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1981

About this map

Haydraw serves as the focal point of this rural Meade County landscape, where the settlement and the nearby Haydraw Cem anchor a sparsely populated expanse of prairie and draws. The map illustrates a mid-century educational network, showing several local schoolhouses spaced across the terrain, including Union Center Sch, Prairie Sch, and the already Barry Sch (Abandoned).

The physical geography is defined by the drainage systems of Hay Creek and East Elm Creek, which carve into the plains. To the east, the broad plateau of Harwood Flat sits between Maddox Draw and Bull Creek. This 1954 field-checked survey preserves the layout of section-line roads and remote homesteads before modernization, capturing the essential character of Western South Dakota ranching country during the early post-war era.