2015 Map of Rattlesnake Butte West

About this map

Rattlesnake Butte and Bradleyon Butte define the topography of this Tripp County landscape, rising as prominent landmarks above the surrounding plains. The 2015 survey reveals a strictly organized grid of sections and rural section-line roads, such as 322nd Ave and 270th St, characteristic of the Public Land Survey System in South Dakota. This pattern reflects the agricultural partitioning of the Great Plains, where the drainage of No Moccasin Cr cuts through the township boundaries of t100n r74w and t99n r75w. The map serves as a precise record of late-twentieth and early-twenty-first-century rural infrastructure, documenting every gravel road and section corner across this sparsely populated region.