2012 Map of Wessington NE

About this map

Cain Cr meanders across this rural section of Beadle County, creating a winding path through the agricultural grid of south-central South Dakota. The landscape is defined by the Jeffersonian survey system, with long straight section roads such as 200th St and 379th Ave forming the primary skeleton for farm access and transport. This 2012 survey by the U.S. Geological Survey shows a sparsely settled region where water resources and land division dictated the placement of homesteads and thoroughfares. The interplay between the natural course of the creek and the rigid road network of 207th St and 384th Ave illustrates the enduring layout of the Great Plains farming economy into the 21st century.