2012 Map of Sorum SE

About this map

Haystack Butte rises above the drainage basins of western South Dakota in this 2012 U.S. Geological Survey representation of Perkins County. The landscape is defined by a dendritic network of seasonal waterways, most notably the winding paths of Antelope Cr and Dog Cr. This region of the Great Plains maintains a sparse, grid-based transportation network, reflecting a late-modern era of ranching and remote rural settlement. Primary thoroughfares such as Prairie City Rd and Antelope Rd provide the essential framework for navigating the expansive grasslands between isolated points of interest. The lack of concentrated urban development on this sheet highlights the enduring agricultural character of the territory, where terrain features like the butte serve as primary navigational markers in an otherwise uniform environment of drainages and section-line roads.