1973 Map of New Hradec South

About this map

New Hradec sits at the northern edge of this landscape, a region defined by its undulating topography and the branching headwaters of the Green River. By the early 1970s, the rural economy of Stark Co and Dunn Co was increasingly marked by energy infrastructure, seen here in the numerous Oil Well symbols and the Pipeline cutting across the western sections. The terrain is punctuated by distinctive landforms like Dutch Henry Butte, while the drainage of Duck Creek and North Duck Creek shapes the lower half of the quadrangle. This survey captures a moment when the traditional ranching and farming landscape of western North Dakota began to integrate more intensive industrial activity, visible in the clusters of wells and various Gravel Pit locations near the watercourses.