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1982 Map of Midland NE

Name: 1982 Topographic Map of Midland NE
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1983
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1983

About this map

High plains ranching and family homesteads define this central South Dakota landscape at the junction of Stanley, Haakon, and Jones counties. The drainage network of Big Prairie Dog Creek and Little Prairie Dog Creek carves through the terrain, creating the natural draws and ridges that dictated the placement of early 20th-century ranching operations.

Family names are etched across the map, representing decades of land tenure in the Capa region. Notable holdings include the Nemec Ranch, Doud Ranch, and Tolton Ranch, which are positioned near these vital watercourses. The presence of Lone Tree serves as a singular navigational landmark in an otherwise open, undulating prairie. This 1982 provisional survey captures the distribution of these homesteads before modern consolidation changed the rural footprint of the West River country.