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1970 Map of Waubay SW

Name: 1970 Topographic Map of Waubay SW
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1973
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1973

About this map

Glacial lakes and marshy wetlands define this portion of Day County as it appeared in the early 1970s. The landscape is dominated by the sprawling waters of South Waubay Lake and Rush Lake, with the National Wildlife Management Area protecting significant habitat throughout the central and eastern sections. This environment is shaped by the complex hydrology of the prairie pothole region, where small basins and larger features like Antelope Lake and the meandering Solomon Slough dot the terrain.

Transportation and history are marked by the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific railroad, which cuts a straight line through the townships of Racine and Webster. For genealogists, the map preserves the locations of Salem Cem and Old St Ottos Cem, alongside evidence of local industry at a solitary Gravel Pit. The map captures a transition between the organized grids of agriculture and the untamed aquatic margins of the eastern Dakotas.