2015 Map of Shoemaker Dam

About this map

Twelvemile Cr meanders across this rural landscape in Davison County, defining the drainage patterns of the eastern South Dakota plains. The waterway is anchored by Shoemaker Dam, a local engineering feature that suggests a history of water management for agricultural or conservation purposes in this section of the Great Plains. The township is organized around a rigid grid of section-line roads, including 260th St and 407th Ave, typical of the region's land survey system. Local history is physically marked by the New Home Cem, located near the northern edge of the map, serving as a vital landmark for genealogists tracing early families of the area. The map illustrates the sparsely populated nature of the township, where the landscape is primarily dedicated to open acreage punctuated by these few notable community and infrastructure points.