2011 Map of Turtle Creek NW

About this map

Turtle Creek meanders southward through this McLean County landscape, defining the local drainage patterns and providing a natural break in the geometric grid of agricultural roads. Near the northern boundary, the waters of Lake Ordway sit at the edge of a high-latitude prairie environment, where the section-line road system is firmly established. The map reveals a strictly organized rural infrastructure, dominated by an extensive network of north-south avenues and east-west streets, such as 21st Ave NW and 5th St NW. The intersection of County Hwy 27 and local routes like Main St illustrates the primary transportation corridors used for moving grain and livestock in this remote farming region of North Dakota during the early twenty-first century.