2012 Map of Leola SW

About this map

Plainview Colony Number Two sits as the central landmark of this landscape in Edmunds County, reflecting the continued presence of Hutterite agricultural settlements in South Dakota. The area is defined by a strictly orthogonal road network of gravel and local routes, including 360th Ave and 122nd St, which overlay a prairie terrain carved by seasonal stream channels. These watercourses meander across the township lines, contrasting with the rigid section boundaries. This 2012 survey by the U.S. Geological Survey shows a sparsely populated region where large-scale farming and communal living structures dominate the land use, maintaining a spatial organization that has persisted through generations of rural development.