Grand Forks AFB Minuteman Missile Site Coordinates

Grand Forks Air Force Base, located in eastern North Dakota, initially had 150 Minuteman II missiles. These were in place by the end of 1966 and upgraded to Minuteman III between 1972 and 1973. In 1995 it was decided to retire the Grand Forks missiles; the last missile was pulled from its silo in June 1998. Destruction of silos and control facilities began in October 1999, as part of the reduction in arms from 1,000 land-based ICBMs to 500 land-based ICBMs (now 450 with Peacekeeper retired), per international treaties. See http://www.hq.usace.army.mil/cepa/pubs/may00/may00story15.htm (link died, try http://web.archive.org/web/20060501234813/http://www.hq.usace.army.mil/cepa/pubs/may00/may00story15.htm) which points out these were "harder" sites than previous ones that had been destroyed. The first Grand Forks silo destroyed was A-04 on October 6 1999, see http://www.af.mil/news/Oct1999/n19991015_991911.html (which is now a broken link, see instead http://web.archive.org/web/20020203042009/http://www.af.mil/news/Oct1999/n19991015_991911.html). The target completion date was November 2001 and in fact the last silo (H-22) was imploded August 24 2001 (the last US silo destroyed per the 1991 START treaty).

http://www.angelfire.com/tx/missile2 is a map of the area, from the book "Nuclear Heartland."

Sites O-0 (Oscar-zero, a Launch Control Facility) and N-33 were preserved as historic sites. There have been several articles in the past but they tend to disappear from the web. The history of this effort is:

"Cold War ends with a bang; Private contractors blow up missile silos" http://web.trnonline.com/archives/2000archives/08212000/regional_news/23359.shtml disappeared because they pulled their archives, then changed domain name, and now don't offer any news farther back than around 2003. But a copy can be found here: http://web.archive.org/web/20030805010715/http://web.trnonline.com/archives/2000archives/08212000/regional_news/23359.shtml.
"Silo, missile alert facility likely to be preserved" http://www.af.mil/news/Sep2001/n20010905_1231.asp disappeared because the Air Force's own web site now has no news earlier than 2003. But a copy can still be found here: http://web.archive.org/web/20050330172732/http://www.af.mil/news/Sep2001/n20010905_1231.asp.
"Silo, missile alert facility likely to be spared" (essentially the same article as the previous one) http://www.peterson.af.mil/hqafspc/News/News_Asp/nws_tmp.asp?storyid=01-211 disappeared but once again a copy exists: http://web.archive.org/web/20021130052048/http://www.peterson.af.mil/hqafspc/News/News_Asp/nws_tmp.asp?storyid=01-211.

More was written about preserving O-0 and N-33 in late 2006. The state historical society launched a campaign to raise one million dollars to turn these facilities into historical sites, and they faced a December 2007 deadline. Note that access to the Grand Forks Herald requires registration to view articles for the first 7 days, after that they charge money. They also like to re-arrange their web site which breaks links.

http://www.grandforksherald.com/articles/index.cfm?id=12381§ion=News "Cold War Legacy" -- Friday, October 06, 2006
http://www.grandforksherald.com/photography/includes/gallery.cfm?id=37&forumcomm_check_return Photos that ran with the above article.
http://www.in-forum.com/av/asx/tvscripts/10429_80000.asx A video story "Cooperstown Missile Site Tour" that ran on WDAZ TV.
http://www.grandforksherald.com/articles/index.cfm?id=12679§ion=News "NORTH DAKOTA MISSILE SITES: Living in a nuclear world" -- Sunday, October 08, 2006
http://www.grandforksherald.com/articles/includes/full_photo.cfm?id=711&forumcomm_check_return Photo of Merle Paaverude who is working hard to raise money for preservation, this photo ran with the above article.
http://www.grandforksherald.com/articles/index.cfm?id=12654§ion=News "Missile sites could become historic sites"
http://www.grandforksherald.com/articles/index.cfm?id=12733§ion=Opinion "OUR OPINION : Missile silo museum belongs on launch pad" -- Monday, October 09, 2006
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-12-27-ndakota-nuke-site_x.htm "N.D. nuke site may reopen as museum" -- December 27, 2006. Updated December 28.

However, the measure to allocate $250,000 failed to pass the ND House of Representatives. The historical society did not give up trying (February 10, 2007). In the March, 2008 issue of the AAFM Newsletter here, it is reported that the state of North Dakota took over the sites.

"ND nuclear past eclipses harbingers of doom" https://secure.forumcomm.com/?publisher_ID=1&article_id=223470 is apparently an article published 11/29/2008 about the preserved site(s) but they charge for access.

In the June 2009 issue of the AAFM Newsletter here, it is stated that Oscar Zero will open on August 1, 2009. In the September 2009 issue here it is announced that Oscar-Zero and N-33 are open (though the article claims N-39, it should read N-33), see http://www.oscarzero.com.

Scott Murdock toured the area, and Oscar Zero, in September of 2009. His trip report, including many good images, is here.

The Oscar Zero and November-33 sites are now named the Ronald Reagan Minuteman Missile Site, with a web page at http://history.nd.gov/historicsites/minutemanmissile/index.html.

Although Ellsworth AFB successfully test fired a missile from their N-2 launch facility (with 7 seconds of propellant) under the name "Long Life", one of the Grand Forks sites was to be used for "Long Life II" but the press called it "Long Laugh II" when it failed to launch after two attempts (October 19 1966, and October 28 1966). Nuclear Heartland calls the site "Fizzle Missile" (H-24). A third attempt called "Giant Boost" failed on August 14, 1968, and was called "Giant Bust" by the media. See:

http://www.strategic-air-command.com/bases/Grand_Forks_AFB.htm History and discussion of GFAFB
http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/agency/321mw.htm A very nice, brief history of the 321st as well as the Minuteman program at Grand Forks.
http://www.afmissileers.org/newsletters/NL1997/Aug97.pdf page 8 question 19

Every GFAFB Launch Facility has a "secondary enclosure" attached to it, as in the example far left (D-31). It's believed this is called the "dipole field" or the Medium Frequency antenna field and provides communication to the LFs via a buried antenna, in addition to a Hardened Intersite Cable System (HICS) which is used alone in most other areas (i.e. sites that were built for Minuteman I). These also appear at Malmstrom's flights P through T which are their built-for-Minuteman-II ("Deuce") sites. Another difference is that the HICS wasn't as densely interconnected on Deuce sites compared to Boeing sites, but is supposed to be buried deeper. In the case of site F0 (second photo), soil conditions have deteriorated in a way that it appears to be possible to deduce some of the underground structure.

446th MS 447th MS 448th MS 321st MW 321st SMW
(Patch images courtesy of USAFPatches.com)

The people: Grand Forks' Minuteman missiles were staffed by the 446th (flights A-E, activated July 1 1965, deactivated ???), 447th (flights F-J, activated February 1 1965, deactivated ???) and I'm not sure why there are two distinctly different emblems, and 448th (flights K-O, activated September 15 1965, deactivated ???) Missile Squadrons, all under the 321st Missile Wing (activated November 1 1964, deactivated ???). Other resources:

http://globalsecurity.org/wmd/agency/321mw.htm History of the 321st Missile Wing
http://www.strategic-air-command.com/wings/0321bw.htm Brief history of the 321st
http://globalsecurity.org/wmd/agency/446ms.htm History of the 446th Missile Squadron
http://globalsecurity.org/wmd/agency/447ms.htm History of the 447th Missile Squadron
http://globalsecurity.org/wmd/agency/448ms.htm History of the 448th Missile Squadron
http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=12009 History of the 448th Missile Squadron, though as of early 2010 the factsheet no longer exists. Perhaps the AFHRA believes that a unit's history should disappear when a unit is deactivated; I disagree but submitting a comment via the web is broken.

Each squadron is responsible for 5 flights of 10 missiles each, or 50 missiles. Sites are designated by flight, using one letter of the alphabet, followed by a number. The first site in each flight is #0 and designates the Missile Alert Facility (MAF) which consists of an above-ground structure plus an underground Launch Control Center (LCC) staffed by two officers. The Launch Facilities (LFs, i.e. missile silos) are numbered 1 through 10, 11 through 20, and so on up to 50. Numbering for LFs restarts at 1 for the next squadron. LFs are connected to the MAF/LCC by the Hardened Intersite Cable System (HICS) and medium frequency radio.

In more recent post-retirement imagery such as on Google, notice that all Missile Alert Facility sewage ponds have been reclaimed (filled, flattened, and presumably returned to the surrounding farm for cultivation). One exception is Oscar-0 which was preserved as a historic site.

For humor, I also include the nicknames given in Nuclear Heartland.

Google Maps 48-49-17  98-30-48 A-0
"Criminal Intent"

Google Maps 48-57-39  98-28-18 A-1
"Pierre Trudeau's"

Google Maps 48-53-56  98-26-03 A-2
"Physicist's Dream"

Google Maps 48-57-59  98-21-42 A-3
"Maple Leaf"

Google Maps 48-53-39  98-19-40 A-4
"Leo Laukki"
Leo Laukki was a Finnish-American around 1910 who was a radical leftist, even suporting the idea of sabotage, which he later reversed.

Google Maps 48-49-49  98-22-06 A-5
"Selma Jokela McCone"
Another Finnish-American I think, but extremely obscure. I found one reference ""Three Proponents of Women's Rights in the Finnish-American Labor Movement from 1910-1930: Selma Jokela McCone, Maiju Nurmi and Helmi Mattson" written by Hilja Karvonen (1977) and apparently printed in "For the Common Good: Finnish Immigrants and the Radical Response to Industrial America" edited by Michael Karni and Douglas Ollila (1977), published by the Tyomies Society, Superior, Wisconsin (see http://list.msu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind9602a&L=aejmc&F=&S=&P=2580) though the link is broken, try http://web.archive.org/web/20050827110305/http://list.msu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind9602a&L=aejmc&F=&S=&P=2580.

Google Maps 48-45-49  98-26-31 A-6
"Good Riddance"

Google Maps 48-45-34  98-33-27 A-7
"Taavi Taino"
Taavi Taino was a central representative of Finnish Social Democracy in the early 20th century.

Google Maps 48-58-35  98-43-11 A-8
"Knows No Boundaries"

Google Maps 48-57-06  98-36-56 A-9
"Helmi Mattson"
Helmi Mattson was a Finnish-born author who lived in the USA, but the relevance to nuclear deterrence is unclear to me. For quite some time incorrect coordinates of 48-57-07 98-37-56 were listed here but on 4/25/2012 they were corrected.

Google Maps 48-53-37  98-33-07 A-10
"Babylon Falling Down"

Google Maps 48-45-49  98-11-36 B-0
"Tax Payers'"

Google Maps 48-54-29  98-08-20 B-11
"Frost-Fire"

Google Maps 48-49-54  98-08-35 B-12
"Rude"

Google Maps 48-49-02  98-00-25 B-13
"Damage Done"
Incorrect coordinates were listed until 4/25/2012 but it was a small error of 10 seconds longitude (15 instead of 25).

Google Maps 48-45-48  98-05-08 B-14
"Anniversary Rock"

Google Maps 48-43-38  97-58-59 B-15
"Time Bomb"

Google Maps 48-41-50  98-08-28 B-16
"Puck's Breath"

Google Maps 48-41-11  98-15-25 B-17
"The Big Lie"

Google Maps 48-46-40  98-18-09 B-18
"Wild Thistle"

Google Maps 48-50-10  98-15-31 B-19
"Potato Bud"

Google Maps 48-56-50  98-15-04 B-20
"Bitter-Root"

Google Maps 48-32-43  97-57-49 C-0
"Heart of Darkness"

Google Maps 48-32-43  97-50-00 C-21
"Agassiz's Agony"

Google Maps 48-29-32  97-43-43 C-22
"Prairie Kali"

Google Maps 48-25-25  97-44-05 C-23
"Kissinger's Remorse"

Google Maps 48-28-02  97-57-25 C-24
"Naked Lunch"

Google Maps 48-24-15  98-00-38 C-25
"Mr. Kurtz"

Google Maps 48-24-39  98-07-46 C-26
"Flower of Evil"

Google Maps 48-29-16  98-05-51 C-27
"Ghost Dance"

Google Maps 48-32-43  98-04-16 C-28
"Voices Catching Up"

Google Maps 48-36-24  98-08-28 C-29
"Paradise Lost"

Google Maps 48-39-15  98-02-00 C-30
"Mim's Roots"

Google Maps 48-33-14  98-22-50 D-0
"Every Day's Fear"
About 2.7 miles NNE of D-0 is the Stanley R. Mickelson Safeguard Complex which was the only deployed Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) site in the US (until after 2003 when new ABM missiles were installed in Fort Greely, Alaska). Click on the color photo for more details on ABM systems and this facility in particular.

Google Maps 48-42-32  98-21-30 D-31
"Just War"

Google Maps 48-38-06  98-21-31 D-32
"A.B. Makela"

Google Maps 48-35-46  98-16-18 D-33
"Scoundrel's Last Refuge"

Google Maps 48-28-58  98-12-22 D-34
"Temporary Madness"

Google Maps 48-29-17  98-19-15 D-35
"Reality of Power"

Google Maps 48-24-55  98-18-21 D-36
"Antero Tanner"

Google Maps 48-28-30  98-26-43 D-37
"Gravy Sucking"

Google Maps 48-38-00  98-35-50 D-38
"Blind Patriotism"

Google Maps 48-37-09  98-28-25 D-39
"Prairie Ransom"

Google Maps 48-41-37  98-30-37 D-40
"Martin Hendrickson"

Google Maps 48-29-01  98-41-46 E-0
"Chains of Command"
A blogger named Julie, who lives near E-0, has written a nice entry on her memories of E-0 and the current condition of the MAF. See http://www.loneprairie.net/lp_blog/blog.htm and scroll down to 11.22.2006 which also includes a very nice entry on the Mickelsen Safeguard Complex. (Now (11/2007) it appears to have scrolled away, but click on the "Military" link at the bottom). Okay, I checked again in early 2010 and her web site has been re-arranged, try this: http://www.loneprairie.net/2006/11/echo-0.

Google Maps 48-33-49  98-38-51 E-41
"Burning Earth"

Google Maps 48-32-57  98-30-36 E-42
"Broken Promise"

Google Maps 48-29-17  98-35-15 E-43
"Trail of Tears"

Google Maps 48-24-33  98-37-11 E-44
"Poison Payload"

Google Maps 48-24-41  98-43-15 E-45
"Jackboot"

Google Maps 48-24-42  98-49-45 E-46
"Peace School"

Google Maps 48-27-19  98-56-07 E-47
"Banal"

Google Maps 48-29-02  98-49-36 E-48
"Hide the Sun"

Google Maps 48-33-13  98-52-46 E-49
"Alone with Fear"

Google Maps 48-32-46  98-45-38 E-50
"Machine Money"

Google Maps 48-17-27  98-13-52 F-0
"Forbidden Orders"

Google Maps 48-22-18  98-13-25 F-1
"Planetary Slaughterhouse"

Google Maps 48-18-46  98-05-23 F-2
"Disarming D. Fields"

Google Maps 48-18-31  97-58-55 F-3
"Nuclear Winter"

Google Maps 48-18-32  97-52-18 F-4
"Dakota's Denial"

Google Maps 48-13-07  97-51-49 F-5
"Fearful Folly"

Google Maps 48-14-40  98-07-23 F-6
"Forest River"

Google Maps 48-13-35  98-18-02 F-7
"Brocket's Rocket"

Google Maps 48-16-47  98-22-33 F-8
"Megadeath"

Google Maps 48-21-58  98-32-00 F-9
"Nuclear Wheat"

Google Maps 48-21-47  98-23-07 F-10
"The End"

Google Maps 48-09-13  97-52-05 G-0
"Karma"

Google Maps 48-20-46  97-45-19 G-11
"Spirit of Poison"

Google Maps 48-21-23  97-38-50 G-12
"Prairie Puzzle"

Google Maps 48-16-47  97-43-38 G-13
"Farm Crisis"
Looks like a farmhouse shares the driveway.

Google Maps 48-17-20  97-37-01 G-14
"Breadbasket"
Long driveway.

Google Maps 48-12-54  97-37-09 G-15
"Soo Line"
The Soo Line is the name of a railroad, and their tracks run through the area to the north of G-15.

Google Maps 48-07-54  97-38-26 G-16
"Blackout"

Google Maps 48-00-28  97-48-53 G-17
"Turtle River"

Google Maps 48-04-33  97-51-27 G-18
"Eisenhower's Sorrow"

Google Maps 48-00-11  97-54-49 G-19
"Thumbing a Ride"

Google Maps 48-09-48  97-58-25 G-20
"Rachel Wept"

Google Maps 48-05-46  98-06-58 H-0
"Unfunny"

Google Maps 48-09-49  98-05-01 H-21
"Cancer Cavities"

Google Maps 48-05-09  97-59-13 H-22
"TV Tower"

Google Maps 48-01-49  98-03-05 H-23
"Winds of Hades"

Google Maps 47-57-35  98-05-16 H-24
"Fizzle"
"Fizzle Missile" was the site of an attempted demonstration launch in August 1968 under the code name "Giant Boost". It was re-labeled "Giant Bust" by the press when the attempt failed. This is the same site where attempts were made on October 19 and October 28 1966 under the code name "Long Life II" which also failed and was dubbed "Long Laugh II".

Google Maps 48-01-07  98-09-51 H-25
"Broken Lid"

Google Maps 47-57-34  98-14-39 H-26
"Gopher"

Google Maps 48-04-36  98-13-26 H-27
"Jammed Hatch"

Google Maps 48-04-36  98-20-21 H-28
"Scrambled Radar"

Google Maps 48-09-14  98-18-07 H-29
"Loken"

Google Maps 48-10-57  98-13-07 H-30
"Freeze"

Google Maps 47-50-54  98-17-53 I-0
"Susie-Lee-Mary 2"

Google Maps 47-56-37  97-59-12 I-31
"Daddy Warbucks"

Google Maps 47-56-20  97-52-44 I-32
"County Line"

Google Maps 47-53-15  98-03-02 I-33
"Old Barb"
One of the rare cases of Nuclear Heartland getting their directions wrong. They list it east of highway 32, it's actually to the west.

Google Maps 47-54-23  97-47-09 I-34
"Peaceless"

Google Maps 47-50-02  98-09-28 I-35
"McMissile"
McMissile because it's near a town named McVille.

Google Maps 47-46-18  98-24-03 I-36
"Sheyenne River"

Google Maps 47-41-58  98-34-40 I-37
"Eddy County"

Google Maps 47-44-31  98-30-55 I-38
"Friendly Farm"

Google Maps 47-49-47  98-29-56 I-39
"Tons of Turkeys"

Google Maps 47-55-27  98-20-13 I-40
"Stump Lake"

Google Maps 48-09-14  98-27-03 J-0
"Beatrice"

Google Maps 48-13-34  98-27-03 J-41
"Ophelia"

Google Maps 48-04-05  98-26-49 J-42
"Titania"
A clear example of a road dead-ending at a site.

Google Maps 47-59-09  98-31-20 J-43
"Perdita"

Google Maps 48-02-31  98-35-31 J-44
"Cleopatra"

Google Maps 48-07-45  98-33-19 J-45
"Desdemona"

Google Maps 48-06-21  98-39-48 J-46
"Cordelia"
A non-straight driveway, possibly due to terrain.

Google Maps 48-11-01  98-39-25 J-47
"Katherina"

Google Maps 48-12-42  98-33-18 J-48
"Rosalind"

Google Maps 48-17-54  98-36-14 J-49
"Miranda"

Google Maps 48-17-55  98-28-43 J-50
"Olivia"

Google Maps 47-37-00  97-42-16 K-0
"Charon's Ferry"

Google Maps 47-41-05  97-39-53 K-1
"Wish it Away"

Google Maps 47-34-27  97-47-22 K-2
"Vishnhu's Heater"

Google Maps 47-39-25  97-52-37 K-3
"Valkyrie Roulette"
In the USGS photo the area to the west of the LF was taken at a different time and the two photos merged. This is fairly common but in this case it was interesting because of the pattern of plowing on the west (9/25/1997) that is completely absent to the east (9/9/1997). This suggests harvesting occured between those two dates.

Google Maps 47-43-41  97-54-50 K-4
"Attila's Fantasy"

Google Maps 47-48-25  97-59-34 K-5
"Prairie's Bane"

Google Maps 47-41-04  97-46-13 K-6
"Golgotha"

Google Maps 47-52-22  97-56-59 K-7
"Caspar W.'s Ghost"

Google Maps 47-45-41  97-49-26 K-8
"Fruit of Acedia"

Google Maps 47-49-13  97-45-00 K-9
"Harry Truman's"

Google Maps 47-44-48  97-43-04 K-10
"Maginot's Folly"

Google Maps 47-20-03  97-56-25 L-0
"Savage Lagoon"

Google Maps 47-28-57  97-47-54 L-11
"A Fine and Private Place"

Google Maps 47-31-23  97-42-17 L-12
"Cancer"

Google Maps 47-23-45  97-49-25 L-13
"Peace Garden State"

Google Maps 47-26-10  97-43-35 L-14
"Wylie"

Google Maps 47-28-43  97-37-33 L-15
"Dumbfounded"

Google Maps 47-19-41  97-49-42 L-16
"Prairie Rose"

Google Maps 47-15-25  97-47-40 L-17
"Easy Come, Easy Go"

Google Maps 47-15-34  97-54-02 L-18
"Shirley"
The nickname is cute, since a nearby town is called Luverne.

Google Maps 47-10-49  97-53-36 L-19
"C'est Fini"

Google Maps 47-24-56  97-58-03 L-20
"All Mine"

Google Maps 47-16-17  97-41-18 M-0
"Nervous Energy"

Google Maps 46-59-06  97-33-17 M-21
"J. Denby Mercenary"

Google Maps 47-12-00  97-40-55 M-22
"Prairie Road"
At http://www.clui.org/newsletter/fall-2000/disarming-dakotas there is an article about the demolition of North Dakota silos and M-22 in particular. However, the "before" photo is not of a Minuteman silo, but rather is of the Stanley R. Mickelson Safeguard Complex's Spartan missile field (see D-0, above).

Google Maps 47-00-35  97-41-21 M-23
"Homestead"

Google Maps 46-56-12  97-41-54 M-24
"Tower View"
Near Tower City, hence the name.

Google Maps 46-58-06  97-47-03 M-25
"Burning Sage"

Google Maps 47-02-20  97-47-38 M-26
"Meadowlark"

Google Maps 47-05-49  97-47-50 M-27
"Messier's"

Google Maps 47-02-21  97-53-35 M-28
"Golden Wheat"

Google Maps 47-11-15  97-47-40 M-29
"Disarmingly Simple"

Google Maps 47-06-28  97-55-26 M-30
"Eric's"

Google Maps 47-13-24  98-11-32 N-0
"Nuke Ourselves"

Google Maps 47-37-05  98-03-59 N-31
"Valley View"

Google Maps 47-22-20  98-06-40 N-32
"Airport"

Google Maps 47-26-24  98-03-58 N-33
"Consumption"
N-33 was preserved, see notes at the top of this page.

Google Maps 47-35-04  97-58-12 N-34
"Stupifaction"

Google Maps 47-30-32  97-58-01 N-35
"Big Gold"

Google Maps 47-17-33  98-04-13 N-36
"Life Out of Balance"
See also Warren L-9, "Koyaanisqatsi", which is a Hopi Indian word meaning "Life Out of Balance."

Google Maps 47-13-22  98-02-20 N-37
"Summitry"

Google Maps 47-26-25  98-18-07 N-38
"Busy Acres"

Google Maps 47-21-50  98-13-27 N-39
"Abominator"

Google Maps 47-26-26  98-11-38 N-40
"Hazard"

Google Maps 47-29-51  98-07-36 O-0
"Double Aught"
O-0 (Oscar-zero) was preserved as a historic site, see notes at top of this page.

Google Maps 47-45-25  98-07-29 O-41
"Mintone"

Google Maps 47-41-06  98-06-02 O-42
"West Marshland"

Google Maps 47-43-59  98-01-40 O-43
"Barizoni's Watch"

Google Maps 47-39-25  97-58-45 O-44
"Gray Mourning"

Google Maps 47-35-06  98-14-49 O-45
"Out of Mind"

Google Maps 47-38-35  98-18-44 O-46
"Rock Pile"

Google Maps 47-43-42  98-19-10 O-47
"Six Bin"

Google Maps 47-42-22  98-13-03 O-48
"Mystery"

Google Maps 47-38-21  98-10-47 O-49
"Shelterbelt"

Google Maps 47-34-08  98-08-15 O-50
"Ottawa Church"

Google Maps 47-56-47  97-22-42 T-21
I received email with a very nice description of this area: "The LF trainer at GFAFB was designated T-21. It was destroyed as part of the treaty. We commonly referred to it as the TLF (training launch facility). It contained a mock up of basically what the silo looked inside with a few modifications. The missile in the silo was cosmetically correct, except it was made from concrete. The upper parts of the missle (R/S (reentry system), MGS (missile guidance set), and PSRE (propulsion system rocket engine)) were not concrete. They looked like they should have, except, of course, they were fake and designated for training only or inert.
Just south, south west of the TLF in the [USGS] picture was the Missile Group's maintenance building. It contained all of the dispatching teams and support shops. The building to the west of the maintenance building was the vehicle dispatch building. You can see two long white vans in the picture to the north. These, more than likely, were the PT (payload transporters) vans. These vans transported the R/S, MGS, and PSRE to missile sites.
Just west of the TLF by the shadows of the water tower was the training building. Here they trained different career fields on missile maintenance. This building also held a traininer designated T-19. This was a basically a diesel engine, air conditioning trainer.
To the far west (upper left) is a block building. This housed all of the Operations Group side of the house. Capsule crews, and their support stuff was in this building. "
The WSA is just south of the TLF (see below). Just a humorous side-note, look at the shadows from the water tower. There are two, the USGS photographed the left side in the morning and the right side in the afternoon, the splice runs almost directly through the tower.

Google Maps 47-56-22  97-22-35 WSA
The Weapons Storage Area (WSA). It's immediately south of the Minuteman training LF (see above).

Google Maps	48-49-17 98-30-48	A-0 "Criminal Intent"

Google Maps	48-57-39 98-28-18	A-1 "Pierre Trudeau's"

Google Maps	48-53-56 98-26-03	A-2 "Physicist's Dream"

Google Maps	48-57-59 98-21-42	A-3 "Maple Leaf"

Google Maps	48-53-39 98-19-40	A-4 "Leo Laukki"
Leo Laukki was a Finnish-American around 1910 who was a radical leftist, even suporting the idea of sabotage, which he later reversed.
Google Maps	48-49-49 98-22-06	A-5 "Selma Jokela McCone"
Another Finnish-American I think, but extremely obscure. I found one reference ""Three Proponents of Women's Rights in the Finnish-American Labor Movement from 1910-1930: Selma Jokela McCone, Maiju Nurmi and Helmi Mattson" written by Hilja Karvonen (1977) and apparently printed in "For the Common Good: Finnish Immigrants and the Radical Response to Industrial America" edited by Michael Karni and Douglas Ollila (1977), published by the Tyomies Society, Superior, Wisconsin (see http://list.msu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind9602a&L=aejmc&F=&S=&P=2580) though the link is broken, try http://web.archive.org/web/20050827110305/http://list.msu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind9602a&L=aejmc&F=&S=&P=2580.
Google Maps	48-45-49 98-26-31	A-6 "Good Riddance"

Google Maps	48-45-34 98-33-27	A-7 "Taavi Taino"
Taavi Taino was a central representative of Finnish Social Democracy in the early 20th century.
Google Maps	48-58-35 98-43-11	A-8 "Knows No Boundaries"

Google Maps	48-57-06 98-36-56	A-9 "Helmi Mattson"
Helmi Mattson was a Finnish-born author who lived in the USA, but the relevance to nuclear deterrence is unclear to me. For quite some time incorrect coordinates of 48-57-07 98-37-56 were listed here but on 4/25/2012 they were corrected.
Google Maps	48-53-37 98-33-07	A-10 "Babylon Falling Down"

Google Maps	48-45-49 98-11-36	B-0 "Tax Payers'"

Google Maps	48-54-29 98-08-20	B-11 "Frost-Fire"

Google Maps	48-49-54 98-08-35	B-12 "Rude"

Google Maps	48-49-02 98-00-25	B-13 "Damage Done"
Incorrect coordinates were listed until 4/25/2012 but it was a small error of 10 seconds longitude (15 instead of 25).
Google Maps	48-45-48 98-05-08	B-14 "Anniversary Rock"

Google Maps	48-43-38 97-58-59	B-15 "Time Bomb"

Google Maps	48-41-50 98-08-28	B-16 "Puck's Breath"

Google Maps	48-41-11 98-15-25	B-17 "The Big Lie"

Google Maps	48-46-40 98-18-09	B-18 "Wild Thistle"

Google Maps	48-50-10 98-15-31	B-19 "Potato Bud"

Google Maps	48-56-50 98-15-04	B-20 "Bitter-Root"

Google Maps	48-32-43 97-57-49	C-0 "Heart of Darkness"

Google Maps	48-32-43 97-50-00	C-21 "Agassiz's Agony"

Google Maps	48-29-32 97-43-43	C-22 "Prairie Kali"

Google Maps	48-25-25 97-44-05	C-23 "Kissinger's Remorse"

Google Maps	48-28-02 97-57-25	C-24 "Naked Lunch"

Google Maps	48-24-15 98-00-38	C-25 "Mr. Kurtz"

Google Maps	48-24-39 98-07-46	C-26 "Flower of Evil"

Google Maps	48-29-16 98-05-51	C-27 "Ghost Dance"

Google Maps	48-32-43 98-04-16	C-28 "Voices Catching Up"

Google Maps	48-36-24 98-08-28	C-29 "Paradise Lost"

Google Maps	48-39-15 98-02-00	C-30 "Mim's Roots"

Google Maps	48-33-14 98-22-50	D-0 "Every Day's Fear"
About 2.7 miles NNE of D-0 is the Stanley R. Mickelson Safeguard Complex which was the only deployed Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) site in the US (until after 2003 when new ABM missiles were installed in Fort Greely, Alaska). Click on the color photo for more details on ABM systems and this facility in particular.
Google Maps	48-42-32 98-21-30	D-31 "Just War"

Google Maps	48-38-06 98-21-31	D-32 "A.B. Makela"

Google Maps	48-35-46 98-16-18	D-33 "Scoundrel's Last Refuge"

Google Maps	48-28-58 98-12-22	D-34 "Temporary Madness"

Google Maps	48-29-17 98-19-15	D-35 "Reality of Power"

Google Maps	48-24-55 98-18-21	D-36 "Antero Tanner"

Google Maps	48-28-30 98-26-43	D-37 "Gravy Sucking"

Google Maps	48-38-00 98-35-50	D-38 "Blind Patriotism"

Google Maps	48-37-09 98-28-25	D-39 "Prairie Ransom"

Google Maps	48-41-37 98-30-37	D-40 "Martin Hendrickson"

Google Maps	48-29-01 98-41-46	E-0 "Chains of Command"
A blogger named Julie, who lives near E-0, has written a nice entry on her memories of E-0 and the current condition of the MAF. See http://www.loneprairie.net/lp_blog/blog.htm and scroll down to 11.22.2006 which also includes a very nice entry on the Mickelsen Safeguard Complex. (Now (11/2007) it appears to have scrolled away, but click on the "Military" link at the bottom). Okay, I checked again in early 2010 and her web site has been re-arranged, try this: http://www.loneprairie.net/2006/11/echo-0.
Google Maps	48-33-49 98-38-51	E-41 "Burning Earth"

Google Maps	48-32-57 98-30-36	E-42 "Broken Promise"

Google Maps	48-29-17 98-35-15	E-43 "Trail of Tears"

Google Maps	48-24-33 98-37-11	E-44 "Poison Payload"

Google Maps	48-24-41 98-43-15	E-45 "Jackboot"

Google Maps	48-24-42 98-49-45	E-46 "Peace School"

Google Maps	48-27-19 98-56-07	E-47 "Banal"

Google Maps	48-29-02 98-49-36	E-48 "Hide the Sun"

Google Maps	48-33-13 98-52-46	E-49 "Alone with Fear"

Google Maps	48-32-46 98-45-38	E-50 "Machine Money"

Google Maps	48-17-27 98-13-52	F-0 "Forbidden Orders"

Google Maps	48-22-18 98-13-25	F-1 "Planetary Slaughterhouse"

Google Maps	48-18-46 98-05-23	F-2 "Disarming D. Fields"

Google Maps	48-18-31 97-58-55	F-3 "Nuclear Winter"

Google Maps	48-18-32 97-52-18	F-4 "Dakota's Denial"

Google Maps	48-13-07 97-51-49	F-5 "Fearful Folly"

Google Maps	48-14-40 98-07-23	F-6 "Forest River"

Google Maps	48-13-35 98-18-02	F-7 "Brocket's Rocket"

Google Maps	48-16-47 98-22-33	F-8 "Megadeath"

Google Maps	48-21-58 98-32-00	F-9 "Nuclear Wheat"

Google Maps	48-21-47 98-23-07	F-10 "The End"

Google Maps	48-09-13 97-52-05	G-0 "Karma"

Google Maps	48-20-46 97-45-19	G-11 "Spirit of Poison"

Google Maps	48-21-23 97-38-50	G-12 "Prairie Puzzle"

Google Maps	48-16-47 97-43-38	G-13 "Farm Crisis"
Looks like a farmhouse shares the driveway.
Google Maps	48-17-20 97-37-01	G-14 "Breadbasket"
Long driveway.
Google Maps	48-12-54 97-37-09	G-15 "Soo Line"
The Soo Line is the name of a railroad, and their tracks run through the area to the north of G-15.
Google Maps	48-07-54 97-38-26	G-16 "Blackout"

Google Maps	48-00-28 97-48-53	G-17 "Turtle River"

Google Maps	48-04-33 97-51-27	G-18 "Eisenhower's Sorrow"

Google Maps	48-00-11 97-54-49	G-19 "Thumbing a Ride"

Google Maps	48-09-48 97-58-25	G-20 "Rachel Wept"

Google Maps	48-05-46 98-06-58	H-0 "Unfunny"

Google Maps	48-09-49 98-05-01	H-21 "Cancer Cavities"

Google Maps	48-05-09 97-59-13	H-22 "TV Tower"

Google Maps	48-01-49 98-03-05	H-23 "Winds of Hades"

Google Maps	47-57-35 98-05-16	H-24 "Fizzle"
"Fizzle Missile" was the site of an attempted demonstration launch in August 1968 under the code name "Giant Boost". It was re-labeled "Giant Bust" by the press when the attempt failed. This is the same site where attempts were made on October 19 and October 28 1966 under the code name "Long Life II" which also failed and was dubbed "Long Laugh II".
Google Maps	48-01-07 98-09-51	H-25 "Broken Lid"

Google Maps	47-57-34 98-14-39	H-26 "Gopher"

Google Maps	48-04-36 98-13-26	H-27 "Jammed Hatch"

Google Maps	48-04-36 98-20-21	H-28 "Scrambled Radar"

Google Maps	48-09-14 98-18-07	H-29 "Loken"

Google Maps	48-10-57 98-13-07	H-30 "Freeze"

Google Maps	47-50-54 98-17-53	I-0 "Susie-Lee-Mary 2"

Google Maps	47-56-37 97-59-12	I-31 "Daddy Warbucks"

Google Maps	47-56-20 97-52-44	I-32 "County Line"

Google Maps	47-53-15 98-03-02	I-33 "Old Barb"
One of the rare cases of Nuclear Heartland getting their directions wrong. They list it east of highway 32, it's actually to the west.
Google Maps	47-54-23 97-47-09	I-34 "Peaceless"

Google Maps	47-50-02 98-09-28	I-35 "McMissile"
McMissile because it's near a town named McVille.
Google Maps	47-46-18 98-24-03	I-36 "Sheyenne River"

Google Maps	47-41-58 98-34-40	I-37 "Eddy County"

Google Maps	47-44-31 98-30-55	I-38 "Friendly Farm"

Google Maps	47-49-47 98-29-56	I-39 "Tons of Turkeys"

Google Maps	47-55-27 98-20-13	I-40 "Stump Lake"

Google Maps	48-09-14 98-27-03	J-0 "Beatrice"

Google Maps	48-13-34 98-27-03	J-41 "Ophelia"

Google Maps	48-04-05 98-26-49	J-42 "Titania"
A clear example of a road dead-ending at a site.
Google Maps	47-59-09 98-31-20	J-43 "Perdita"

Google Maps	48-02-31 98-35-31	J-44 "Cleopatra"

Google Maps	48-07-45 98-33-19	J-45 "Desdemona"

Google Maps	48-06-21 98-39-48	J-46 "Cordelia"
A non-straight driveway, possibly due to terrain.
Google Maps	48-11-01 98-39-25	J-47 "Katherina"

Google Maps	48-12-42 98-33-18	J-48 "Rosalind"

Google Maps	48-17-54 98-36-14	J-49 "Miranda"

Google Maps	48-17-55 98-28-43	J-50 "Olivia"

Google Maps	47-37-00 97-42-16	K-0 "Charon's Ferry"

Google Maps	47-41-05 97-39-53	K-1 "Wish it Away"

Google Maps	47-34-27 97-47-22	K-2 "Vishnhu's Heater"

Google Maps	47-39-25 97-52-37	K-3 "Valkyrie Roulette"
In the USGS photo the area to the west of the LF was taken at a different time and the two photos merged. This is fairly common but in this case it was interesting because of the pattern of plowing on the west (9/25/1997) that is completely absent to the east (9/9/1997). This suggests harvesting occured between those two dates.
Google Maps	47-43-41 97-54-50	K-4 "Attila's Fantasy"

Google Maps	47-48-25 97-59-34	K-5 "Prairie's Bane"

Google Maps	47-41-04 97-46-13	K-6 "Golgotha"

Google Maps	47-52-22 97-56-59	K-7 "Caspar W.'s Ghost"

Google Maps	47-45-41 97-49-26	K-8 "Fruit of Acedia"

Google Maps	47-49-13 97-45-00	K-9 "Harry Truman's"

Google Maps	47-44-48 97-43-04	K-10 "Maginot's Folly"

Google Maps	47-20-03 97-56-25	L-0 "Savage Lagoon"

Google Maps	47-28-57 97-47-54	L-11 "A Fine and Private Place"

Google Maps	47-31-23 97-42-17	L-12 "Cancer"

Google Maps	47-23-45 97-49-25	L-13 "Peace Garden State"

Google Maps	47-26-10 97-43-35	L-14 "Wylie"

Google Maps	47-28-43 97-37-33	L-15 "Dumbfounded"

Google Maps	47-19-41 97-49-42	L-16 "Prairie Rose"

Google Maps	47-15-25 97-47-40	L-17 "Easy Come, Easy Go"

Google Maps	47-15-34 97-54-02	L-18 "Shirley"
The nickname is cute, since a nearby town is called Luverne.
Google Maps	47-10-49 97-53-36	L-19 "C'est Fini"

Google Maps	47-24-56 97-58-03	L-20 "All Mine"

Google Maps	47-16-17 97-41-18	M-0 "Nervous Energy"

Google Maps	46-59-06 97-33-17	M-21 "J. Denby Mercenary"

Google Maps	47-12-00 97-40-55	M-22 "Prairie Road"
At http://www.clui.org/newsletter/fall-2000/disarming-dakotas there is an article about the demolition of North Dakota silos and M-22 in particular. However, the "before" photo is not of a Minuteman silo, but rather is of the Stanley R. Mickelson Safeguard Complex's Spartan missile field (see D-0, above).
Google Maps	47-00-35 97-41-21	M-23 "Homestead"

Google Maps	46-56-12 97-41-54	M-24 "Tower View"
Near Tower City, hence the name.
Google Maps	46-58-06 97-47-03	M-25 "Burning Sage"

Google Maps	47-02-20 97-47-38	M-26 "Meadowlark"

Google Maps	47-05-49 97-47-50	M-27 "Messier's"

Google Maps	47-02-21 97-53-35	M-28 "Golden Wheat"

Google Maps	47-11-15 97-47-40	M-29 "Disarmingly Simple"

Google Maps	47-06-28 97-55-26	M-30 "Eric's"

Google Maps	47-13-24 98-11-32	N-0 "Nuke Ourselves"

Google Maps	47-37-05 98-03-59	N-31 "Valley View"

Google Maps	47-22-20 98-06-40	N-32 "Airport"

Google Maps	47-26-24 98-03-58	N-33 "Consumption"
N-33 was preserved, see notes at the top of this page.
Google Maps	47-35-04 97-58-12	N-34 "Stupifaction"

Google Maps	47-30-32 97-58-01	N-35 "Big Gold"

Google Maps	47-17-33 98-04-13	N-36 "Life Out of Balance"
See also Warren L-9, "Koyaanisqatsi", which is a Hopi Indian word meaning "Life Out of Balance."
Google Maps	47-13-22 98-02-20	N-37 "Summitry"

Google Maps	47-26-25 98-18-07	N-38 "Busy Acres"

Google Maps	47-21-50 98-13-27	N-39 "Abominator"

Google Maps	47-26-26 98-11-38	N-40 "Hazard"

Google Maps	47-29-51 98-07-36	O-0 "Double Aught"
O-0 (Oscar-zero) was preserved as a historic site, see notes at top of this page.
Google Maps	47-45-25 98-07-29	O-41 "Mintone"

Google Maps	47-41-06 98-06-02	O-42 "West Marshland"

Google Maps	47-43-59 98-01-40	O-43 "Barizoni's Watch"

Google Maps	47-39-25 97-58-45	O-44 "Gray Mourning"

Google Maps	47-35-06 98-14-49	O-45 "Out of Mind"

Google Maps	47-38-35 98-18-44	O-46 "Rock Pile"

Google Maps	47-43-42 98-19-10	O-47 "Six Bin"

Google Maps	47-42-22 98-13-03	O-48 "Mystery"

Google Maps	47-38-21 98-10-47	O-49 "Shelterbelt"

Google Maps	47-34-08 98-08-15	O-50 "Ottawa Church"

Google Maps	47-56-47 97-22-42	T-21
I received email with a very nice description of this area: "The LF trainer at GFAFB was designated T-21. It was destroyed as part of the treaty. We commonly referred to it as the TLF (training launch facility). It contained a mock up of basically what the silo looked inside with a few modifications. The missile in the silo was cosmetically correct, except it was made from concrete. The upper parts of the missle (R/S (reentry system), MGS (missile guidance set), and PSRE (propulsion system rocket engine)) were not concrete. They looked like they should have, except, of course, they were fake and designated for training only or inert. Just south, south west of the TLF in the [USGS] picture was the Missile Group's maintenance building. It contained all of the dispatching teams and support shops. The building to the west of the maintenance building was the vehicle dispatch building. You can see two long white vans in the picture to the north. These, more than likely, were the PT (payload transporters) vans. These vans transported the R/S, MGS, and PSRE to missile sites. Just west of the TLF by the shadows of the water tower was the training building. Here they trained different career fields on missile maintenance. This building also held a traininer designated T-19. This was a basically a diesel engine, air conditioning trainer. To the far west (upper left) is a block building. This housed all of the Operations Group side of the house. Capsule crews, and their support stuff was in this building. " The WSA is just south of the TLF (see below). Just a humorous side-note, look at the shadows from the water tower. There are two, the USGS photographed the left side in the morning and the right side in the afternoon, the splice runs almost directly through the tower.
Google Maps	47-56-22 97-22-35	WSA
The Weapons Storage Area (WSA). It's immediately south of the Minuteman training LF (see above).