1974 Map of Pearl Butte NW

About this map

Cedar Creek meanders across this rural North Dakota landscape, carving a prominent valley through the high plains of the Chandler and Ashby townships. Surveyed in the early 1970s, the map reveals a sparsely populated terrain where land use is defined by small-scale resource extraction and essential water management. Evidence of local industry is found at the Scoria Pits and various Gravel Pits scattered near the creek beds, likely serving the maintenance of the section-line road network. A solitary Gaging Sta along the creek and several marked Wells highlight the critical importance of water monitoring in this semi-arid environment straddling the border of Adams and Hettinger Counties.