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2011 Map of Horse Creek School

Name: 2011 Topographic Map of Horse Creek School
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2011
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2011

About this map

Mondak Oil Fields and a network of family-operated livestock operations define this section of McKenzie County in the early twenty-first century. The landscape is carved by the drainages of Horse Creek, Cheney Creek, and Alkali Creek, which dictate the placement of local infrastructure and the boundaries of generational holdings. The prominence of ranching culture is evident through the naming of specific properties such as the V Anderson Ranch, K Winter Ranch, and the Wambach Ranch.

Water management is a central feature of the arid prairie, represented here by the Derudder Dam and various unnamed small stock ponds. The map illustrates a sparse but vital road network, including Co RD 3 and other local routes, which link these remote industrial and agricultural sites. The transition between the energy sector at the oil fields and the traditional agrarian life of the E Burns Ranch reflects the dual economic nature of this North Dakota region.