2011 Map of Red Butte NW

About this map

Otter Creek meanders through this portion of Mercer County, defining the drainage patterns and topography of a landscape dominated by the section-line grid of rural North Dakota. The area's settlement history is anchored by the Rhein Cemetery in the southeast, a common marker of the family-based homesteading era in this region. This 2011 survey reveals a vast network of numbered roads, such as 59th Ave SW and 127th St SW, which facilitate access to the agricultural interior between the creek beds and the higher plains. In the southwest corner, the headwaters of Brush Creek emerge, while County Rd 20 provides a primary north-south corridor through the eastern half of the quadrangle.