1971 Map of Hurricane Lake West

About this map

Hurricane Lake dominates the eastern boundary of this Pierce County landscape, while the Hurricane Lake National Wildlife Refuge provides a protected habitat along the shoreline. The terrain is defined by a dense network of prairie potholes and wetlands typical of the North Dakota drift plain, with the waters of Rush Lake appearing in the west. This 1971 field-checked survey reveals a quiet agricultural and conservation area where local life centered on landmarks like the Hurricane Lake Ch and a rural Townhall. Small-scale industrial activity is limited to a scattered Gravel Pit, underscoring the era's reliance on local material for maintaining the grid of section roads that partition the section lines of Township 158 North and Township 157 North.