1982 Map of Rocky Ridge North

About this map

Little Missouri National Grassland dominates this landscape in western North Dakota, where the drainages of Davis Creek and Adobe Wall Creek carve through the Badlands. The map reveals a transition from livestock grazing to energy extraction, marked by the presence of an Oil Field, a Scoria Pit, and several wells. Prominent geological formations like Flat Top Butte, Windy Butte, and Chocolate Butte serve as critical navigation points across the broken terrain. In the south, the boundary between Billings Co and Slope Co passes near Peaceful Valley, while the Smith Cem remains as a quiet marker of early homesteading history in the South Fork Bull Creek area. The network of unimproved roads and cattle trails emphasizes the area's rural character during the early 1980s.