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1979 Map of Angela

Name: 1979 Topographic Map of Angela
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1979
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1979

About this map

The high plains of eastern Montana, where Rosebud, Garfield, Custer, and Prairie counties converge, define this landscape of wide drainages and isolated buttes. Settlement is sparse, anchored by the community of Angela along the highway, while the surrounding terrain is dominated by complex water systems like Sunday Creek and Little Dry Creek. These seasonal watercourses carve through a high-plateau environment marked by distinctive geological features such as Steamboat Rock, Crow Rock, and the curious Dinosaur Dam.

Infrastructure is limited to essential ranch-to-market routes and several landing strips, indicating the vast distances between homesteads and the reliance on light aircraft. Landmarks like Round Butte and Needle Butte provide navigation points across the rolling divide between the Missouri and Yellowstone watersheds. This survey captures a moment when the rural character of the region remained tied to its hydrology and the physical markers of the Black Hills and Montgomery Hill.