The rolling prairies of Writing Rock Cem and the surrounding Divide County landscape are meticulously documented in this 2020 survey. This corner of North Dakota is defined by its glacial prairie pothole topography, where significant water bodies like Marsland Slough and Rattler Lake dot the terrain alongside smaller unnamed depressions. The map reveals a highly structured section-line road network, including thoroughfares such as 100th St NW and 142nd Ave NW, which partition the agricultural land into a precise grid. The presence of Co Rd 7 provides a primary north-south artery through this sparsely populated region, illustrating the long-standing land management patterns of the Public Land Survey System that have shaped the plains since settlement.
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1948 · Stady
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1953 · Williston
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1957 · Williston
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1983 · Colgan West
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1983 · Writing Rock North
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1983 · Alkabo
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1983 · Alexandria
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1983 · Writing Rock South
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1983 · Fortuna
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1983 · Skjermo Lake
USGS Topo · 1:24,000