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1952 Map of Steele

Name: 1952 Topographic Map of Steele
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1978
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1978

About this map

Steele sits as the central hub of this Kidder County landscape, positioned along the vital east-west corridor of the Northern Pacific railroad. The map reveals a post-war rural environment where local education was still decentralized, as evidenced by School No 2 and School No 3 serving the surrounding agricultural townships. A small Landing Strip northwest of the town center points to the early adoption of private aviation in the northern plains during the mid-century era.

The southern portion of the quadrangle is dominated by the sprawling wetlands of the Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge, featuring Long Lake and the nearby Alkaline Lake. The terrain is characterized by distinctive local names like Pleasant Hill, Woodlawn, and Crown Hill, which break up the prairie geography. These landforms, along with Weber Lake and Lake Etta, illustrate the intricate drainage patterns and glacial depressions typical of the North Dakota pothole region.