2020 Map of Red Butte SW

About this map

Oliver County rural life is preserved here in a 2020 layout of section lines and agricultural allotments. The landscape is defined by the headwaters and tributaries of Brush Cr, which winds through the central portion of the quadrangle. This recent topographical study maintains a clear record of local genealogy and land use through the presence of established burial sites such as Saint Benedict Cem in the northwest and Buchmann Cem further south. The rigid grid of the Public Land Survey System is mirrored in the modern road network, where routes like 21st St SW and 59th Ave SW follow the exact paths of the early township boundaries. This continuity between early 20th-century surveying and contemporary infrastructure offers a clear view of how the North Dakota prairie was organized and maintained over generations.