1977 Map of Lake Andes

About this map

Lake Andes serves as the focal point for this 1977 orthophotograph, where the grid of the northern plains meets the southern shoreline of the town's namesake water body. Unlike standard topographic sheets, this imagery, produced in cooperation with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, provides a direct photographic record of the landscape as it appeared in the late 1970s. The image clearly delineates the developed street grid of the Lake Andes settlement and the surrounding patchwork of agricultural fields, which dominate the northern half of the quadrangle. To the south, the terrain transitions into a more textured, dissected landscape, likely influenced by the proximity of the Missouri River valley just beyond the map's edge. This specialized survey is particularly useful for identifying exact land use patterns and the footprint of the community before later modernization.