2015 Map of Maple Leaf

About this map

Oak Cr meanders through this portion of the Great Plains, carving a subtle drainage pattern across the border between North Dakota and South Dakota. The settlement of Maple Leaf sits in the eastern portion of the map, serving as a primary point of reference in an otherwise vast landscape of section lines and survey townships. The terrain is defined by the boundary between Sioux Co and Corson Co, where the rectilinear grid of the Public Land Survey System creates a structured network of rural roads such as 100th St SW and 24th Ave SW. This late-twentieth-century landscape reflects the enduring agricultural and ranching patterns of the region, where wide-reaching townships like t23n r26e are partitioned by numbered section lines that dictate the movement of people and commerce across state and county lines.