2022 Map of Thief River Falls NW

About this map

The Thief River meanders southward through this rural corridor on the border of Marshall Co and Pennington Co, charting the transition from expansive agricultural fields to the northern outskirts of Thief River Falls. The landscape is defined by a rigid section-line road grid, including 250th St NE and 200th St NE, which accommodate the large-scale farming operations characteristic of this Red River Valley region. Near the southern edge of the sheet, the river valley tightens as it enters the city limits, passing by the Saint Bernard Cem and the rail-oriented site of Dakota Junction. The presence of substantial water management projects, like the County Ditch Number Seventy, illustrates the region's long-standing efforts to drain and utilize the fertile but historically marshy plains for productive agriculture.