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2015 Map of Waubay

Name: 2015 Topographic Map of Waubay
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2015
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2015

About this map

Waubay serves as the central hub of this Day County landscape, situated on an isthmus between several expansive water bodies. The town's grid is bounded to the north by the shoreline of Blue Dog Lake and to the south by the extensive marshes of Bitter Lake. This geography creates a unique corridor for transportation, where W Yellowstone Trl and Railway Ave traverse the narrow land bridge.

Genealogists will find the locations of Old Zion Cem and Lakewood Cem on the outskirts of the settlement. The surrounding terrain is dominated by the glacial prairie pothole region, featuring Rush Lake, Little Rush Lake, and Headman Slough. These interconnected wetlands and sloughs illustrate the complex hydrology of the area, where lake levels and drainage patterns have historically dictated the placement of homesteads and local roads like W Lakeshore Dr and E Lakeshore Dr.