2015 Map of Morris Lake

About this map

The county boundary between Sanborn Co and Miner Co bisects this section of the South Dakota prairie, where a strictly organized grid of rural roads, including 237th St and 419th Ave, defines the landscape. Small, scattered water bodies and seasonal drainages break the geometric pattern of the section lines, most notably Morris Lake and the nearby O'Neal Lake. In the southern reaches, Glee Lake sits near the township line, while Jim Cr and Pooley Cr provide drainage to the north and east. For genealogists and local historians, the presence of the Fedora Cem in the northeast and the Farwell Cem in the southwest provides essential coordinates for tracing early families in this agricultural region. The map illustrates the persistent structure of the Public Land Survey System, which continues to govern the settlement and transportation patterns of this interior plains territory.