2017 Map of Hermosa NE

About this map

Rapid Creek flows through the northeast corner of this Pennington County landscape, marking a transition in the drainage patterns of the western South Dakota plains. The area is defined by a series of parallel watercourses including Antelope Cr and Spring Cr, which carve through the terrain as they move eastward. The rural infrastructure of the early 21st century is represented by a network of gravel and local access roads like Antelope Creek Rd and Lower Spring Creek Rd, which follow the natural contours and section lines of the Public Land Survey System. The map documents the persistent ranching and agricultural layout of the region, where roads such as Brahman Ln and Bradsky Rd provide connectivity between isolated homesteads and the larger township grids of T1N and T1S.