2011 Map of Porcupine

About this map

The Cannonball River winds through the northwest corner of this Sioux County landscape, where the prairie gives way to the prominent elevation of Piuss Butte. Centered around the community of Porcupine, the map documents a region defined by its watercourses and rural transit routes like BIA Route 7. A sense of local history is preserved at the Congregational Cemetery located just west of the main settlement. To the east and south, the meandering path of Porcupine Creek dictates the topography, flowing past the small locality of Chadwick. This 2011 survey captures the distribution of remote farmsteads and the spatial relationship between the river valley and the higher butte country within the Porcupine District.