2017 Map of Witten SE

About this map

Little Dog Ear Lake occupies the southern edge of this landscape in Tripp County, marking a subtle basin in the high prairie. The terrain is defined by the headwaters of intermittent streams, including the winding E Cottonwood Cr and Hollow Cr, which carve shallow drainage patterns across the township sections. This 2017 survey reflects a contemporary rural layout where S Dakota Highway 53 serves as the primary north-south corridor, intersecting a geometric grid of local section roads such as 283rd St and 285th St. The map illustrates the persistent structure of South Dakota's range land, where the vast majority of the land remains open and dedicated to the section-line road system that has organized the Great Plains for over a century.