2012 Map of Savo SW

About this map

The Maple River meanders through this portion of Brown County, defining the drainage of a landscape dominated by a rigorous section-line road grid. Two local burial grounds, Savo Cem in the north and Frederick Cem to the west, provide critical points of reference for genealogists and family historians researching the early 21st-century rural landscape. This modern survey illustrates the persistent agricultural geography of the region, where the network of avenues and streets—including 387th Ave and 105th St—maintains the spatial organization established by early settlers. The distribution of small water bodies and wetlands across the prairie highlights the hydrology of the South Dakota plains as they appeared in 2012.