2021 Map of Meadow NW

About this map

Grand River National Grassland encompasses a significant portion of this South Dakota landscape, where the rolling plains are defined by section lines and administrative boundaries. The northern edge of the sheet reaches the southern shoreline of the Shadehill Reservoir, indicating a transition from the semi-arid grasslands to the managed waters of the Grand River system. The settlement pattern is characterized by scattered ranch access roads rather than dense townships, reflecting the late twentieth and early twenty-first-century reliance on regional transit routes.