2021 Map of High Elk Hill SW

About this map

Cottonwood Creek and Dupree Creek snake through this section of Ziebach County, defining the drainage patterns of the western South Dakota plains. The landscape is characterized by its rural isolation, where the vast majority of the terrain is subdivided by the Public Land Survey System into townships such as t10n r22e. Human presence is marked primarily by sparse infrastructure like Sunnybrook Road and sections of County Road, which follow the natural contour and section lines of the prairie. This 2021 survey illustrates a region where water sources like the Cottonwood Creek system remain the most significant geographic landmarks for local land management and navigation in an otherwise open ranching environment.