2021 Map of Tornado Ranch

About this map

Tornado Ranch serves as the primary landmark in this rural expanse of Haakon County, situated near the intersection of 216th St and 229th Ave. The terrain is defined by a dendritic drainage pattern typical of the western South Dakota plains, where seasonal waterways like Cottonwood Cr and Plum Cr carve paths through the section lines. These watercourses, including the tributary W Plum Cr, dictate the movement and settlement patterns across the townships of T5N, T4N, and T3N. The sparse road network, featuring Tornado Ranch Rd and 224th Ave, follows the rigid grid of the Public Land Survey System, illustrating the late-twentieth and early-twenty-first-century ranching infrastructure of this Great Plains landscape.