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2014 Map of Niobe

Name: 2014 Topographic Map of Niobe
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2014
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2014

About this map

Niobe lies at the intersection of county roads and section lines in this agricultural landscape of the Missouri Plateau. The settlement serves as a quiet center for the surrounding prairie, where the drainage patterns are defined by deep-cut coulees such as Ankenbauer Coulee and Niobe Coulee. To the east, the terrain drops toward the waters of Upper Des Lacs Lake, a significant geographical feature flanked by the Lac S Natl Wildlife Backway and the Canada Goose Trail.

Genealogists and local historians will find the location of the Niobe Cem just west of the townsite and the Bethane Cem farther north near the Burke Co and Ward Co line. The map illustrates a strictly gridded road network, including CR-17 and 91st ST NW, which bisects the vast open fields and leads toward Taskers Coulee in the southeast. This survey records a late twentieth-century view of a region defined by its wetland conservation and sparse rural habitation.