2011 Map of Plaza NE

About this map

Glacial prairie potholes and small wetlands dominate this section of Ward County, where the terrain is defined by a dense network of seasonal water bodies and marshes. The landscape is structured by a rigid section-line road system, including 386th St Nw and 324th St Nw, which carve through the undulating wetland basins. This map illustrates the agricultural character of the region, where roads like 4th Ave Nw and 93rd Ave Sw provide the primary access to farmsteads scattered among the numerous unnamed sloughs. The lack of concentrated settlements or commercial centers emphasizes the rural, dispersed nature of this North Dakota prairie environment, where land use is dictated by the natural drainage patterns of the Missouri Plateau.