2012 Map of Rice Lake

About this map

Medicine Cr winds through this section of Hyde County, Feeding into the prominent depression of Rice Lake. The landscape is defined by the high plains of South Dakota, where the drainage patterns of Baloun Cr and the waters of Baloun Lake reflect the natural basins common to the region. This 2012 survey illustrates the rectilinear grid of the section-line road system, including North-South corridors like 337th Ave and East-West routes such as 178th St. The map captures a moment in the modern agricultural era of the Great Plains, where the distribution of small wetlands and ephemeral water bodies dictates the local land use and boundary lines between large-scale ranching or farming plots.