2017 Map of Volunteer NW

About this map

Eightmile Creek and Fourmile Creek carve a series of intermittent drainage patterns across this Butte County landscape, which is defined by its open range and legacy of public land surveying. This area of South Dakota, mapped during the 2010s, exhibits a sparse network of watercourses and a single major transportation corridor, the Old US Hwy 212. The presence of the Willow Creek Lateral in the southwest suggests a landscape managed for irrigation or water diversion, common in the high plains. Spanning several townships including t9n r7e and t8n r8e, the terrain is dominated by natural contours rather than dense settlement, offering a clear view of the underlying topography and the relationship between early highway routes and the natural creek beds.