2024 Map of Rush Lake

About this map

Rush Lake and the surrounding prairie potholes define this section of Ward County, North Dakota, where the landscape is managed for wildlife and local agriculture. The Ward County Waterfowl Production Area occupies several non-contiguous blocks of land, preserving the marshy habitats critical to migratory birds. Human presence is marked by a precise grid of rural roads, including 100th St SW and 289th Ave SW, which facilitate movement between scattered farmsteads and fields. Centrally located on the sheet is the Spring Lake Cem, a small burial ground that serves as a quiet record of the families who settled this area of the northern plains. This survey represents the modern state of the land where glacial activity once carved out thousands of small depressions that now form the basis of the regional water and ecology systems.