2014 Map of Karlsruhe NE

About this map

The Souris River and its meandering valley dominate this North Dakota landscape, where the water course carves a complex path through McHenry County. This 2014 survey reveals the hydrological intersection where the Wintering River feeds into the larger Souris system from the south, creating a wide riparian corridor characterized by dramatic oxbows and marshy lowlands. Away from the river bottoms, the terrain is defined by the high-latitude prairie, punctuated by bodies of water like Poison Lake in the north and Heffner Lake on the eastern edge. The map documents a rigid section-line road network, including Park Way NE and 55th Pky NE, which highlights the systematic agricultural division of the land typical of the Great Plains, even as the rivers' natural contours defy that geometric order.