2012 Map of Stove Creek

About this map

Oscar Gray Ranch and other family holdings define the remote cattle-ranching landscape of Dewey County in this 2012 survey. The terrain is structured by a series of intermittent drainage systems, notably Stove Cr and Scatter Butte Cr, which carve shallow paths through the open plains. These watercourses were essential to the development of early 21st-century ranching operations in this part of South Dakota. The map captures the spatial distribution of these rural homesteads, including the Delaine Gray Ranch and Dan Gray Ranch, connected by localized infrastructure like Co Hwy 14G. This record provides genealogists and land historians with a clear view of familial land use patterns and the sparse transportation network, including U.S. Route 212, that serviced the region at the start of the decade.