2021 Map of Long Lake SE

About this map

McPherson County’s prairie landscape is defined by the countless glacial depressions and prairie potholes that dot this rural township south of the North Dakota border. The area is dominated by the intersecting grids of section-line roads, such as Co Hwy 17 and Co Hwy 8, which navigate around the wetland basins. The Hoffnungs Gemeinde Cem and the nearby Hoffnungs Cem serve as critical anchors for local genealogical research, marking the spiritual and burial grounds of the area’s early German-Russian farming community. In the southern portion of the sheet, the headwaters of Foot Cr begin their winding path through the grassland. This 2021 survey illustrates a region where the land remains largely dedicated to large-scale agriculture, with individual homesteads and farmsteads scattered along gravel routes like Cedar Rd and Plum Rd.