Agricultural lands northeast of Sawyer dominate this North Dakota landscape, defined by a rigid section-line road grid that characterizes the region's late-twentieth and early-twenty-first-century development. The Usgs records a sprawling network of numbered avenues and streets, such as 5th Ave NE and 125th St SE, which facilitate the movement of local crops and machinery. This survey captures a moment of modern rural continuity, where traditional land divisions meet the precision of satellite-derived mapping. The infrastructure consists primarily of local thoroughfares like 20th Ave SE and 153rd St SE, reflecting the sparse but steady settlement patterns of the Ward County plains. This map is essential for understanding the contemporary geography of the Missouri Plateau's northern reaches.
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1929 · Sawyer
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1948 · Velva
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1948 · Sawyer
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1948 · Surrey
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1949 · Norwich
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1949 · Sawyer
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1949 · Sawyer NE
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1949 · Deering SW
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1949 · Velva
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1949 · Deering SE
USGS Topo · 1:24,000