2012 Map of Savo NW

About this map

Maple River meanders sharply across this rural section of the northern Great Plains, cutting a winding path through the grid of agricultural section lines. The terrain is defined by the high, wide-open prairie of the borderlands between Brown County, South Dakota, and Dickey County, North Dakota. The only significant elevation change is found at Cannon Hill on the eastern edge of the survey, a distinct landform that overlooks the surrounding plains. The map is dominated by an orderly system of local roads, including 98th St SE and 387th Ave, which follow the rigid section lines of the Public Land Survey System. This layout reveals a landscape dedicated to large-scale grain farming, where the natural hydrology of the Maple River provides the primary break in the geometric regularity of the prairie fields.