2018 Map of Red Butte

About this map

Red Butte rises as a prominent landmark above the section lines of the North Dakota prairie, marking a high point in a landscape defined by traditional rural boundaries. Located along the border of Mercer and Oliver Counties, this area reflects the structured settlement patterns of the American West, where gravel roads like Co RD 27 and Co RD 24 follow the rigid township and range grid. This 2018 survey reveals the quiet permanence of early community life through its distribution of small burial grounds, including the Schmall Congregational Cemetery and Spring Brook Cemetery. The drainage of Brady Creek and Otter Creek provides the only break in the high-plains topography, which remains primarily agricultural and sparsely populated, anchored by family-named landmarks like the Nisbet Cemetery and Red Butte Cemetery.