1981 Map of Webster NE

About this map

Little Beaver East Oil Field dominates the southern landscape of this 1981 survey, where the prairie of Bowman County meets the state border. This industrial footprint is defined by dozens of individual Oil Wells and Gas Wells that dot the section lines, revealing the energy production that shaped the local economy during the early 1980s. The terrain is bifurcated by the winding course of Little Beaver Creek and its northern counterpart, Buffalo Creek, while the prominent rise of Sunny Slope provides a notable landmark in the eastern portion of the quadrangle. Straddling the Montana and North Dakota border, the map documents the intersection of rural hydrology and resource extraction, capturing a moment when petroleum development was at its peak across the high plains of the Fallon and Bowman county line.