The town of Vivian serves as a central hub in Lyman County, situated where the high plains terrain of the Ft. Pierre National Grassland meets the agricultural rhythms of central South Dakota. This 2015 survey details the local infrastructure, including the grid of Vivian itself with streets like Railway St and Main Ave, alongside the rural Vivian Cem located just east of the primary settlement. The landscape is defined by the drainage patterns of Medicine Cr and its northern tributary, N Fork Medicine Cr, which carve through the open grassland. Further south, the Oller Airport and a network of range-line roads like 293rd Ave and 243rd St illustrate the modern transportation and section-line survey patterns that organize this expanse of the Great Plains.
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1954 · Pierre
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1955 · Martin
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1958 · Pierre
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1958 · Martin
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1967 · Ft. George Butte SW
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1970 · Vivian SW
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1972 · Pierre 3 SW
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1972 · Pierre 3 SE
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1972 · Vivian
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1972 · Vivian SE
USGS Topo · 1:24,000