2014 Map of Long Butte

About this map

Long Butte rises as a prominent landmark in this prairie landscape along the southern border of Hettinger County. The map documents a section of the High Plains where the drainage of Timber Cr carves across the northern townships, creating subtle relief against the structured grid of the Public Land Survey System. The area is defined by its agricultural layout, marked by a precise network of section-line roads such as 14th Ave NE and 93rd Ave SW. A small cultural center exists near the base of the butte, where the Long Butte Cem provides a specific point of interest for genealogists tracing families from this rural corner of North Dakota. The boundary between Hettinger County and Adams County bisects the sheet, illustrating how political lines often follow the straight-edge geometry of the Western plains regardless of local topography.