1983 Map of Irish Creek NE

About this map

The Standing Rock Indian Reservation occupies the northern half of this landscape, meeting the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation Boundary at the line between Corson and Ziebach counties. The terrain is defined by the winding drainages of Firesteel Creek in the north and Red Earth Creek in the south, which cut through the high plains of South Dakota. As a provisional survey based on 1970s aerial photography, this map highlights the sparse, rural nature of the region in the early 1980s. The absence of established towns emphasizes a landscape of open range and isolated section lines, where the geographic focus remains on the critical water sources and tribal boundaries that have long shaped land use in this part of the Dakotas.