2011 Map of Austin

About this map

The rugged terrain of Lewis and Clark County is defined here by a dense concentration of hard-rock and placer mining operations. Settlements like Birdseye and Austin are surrounded by a complex network of gulches and ridges that speak to the area's extraction history, featuring notable sites such as the Dreadnaught/Paymaster Mine and the Silver Creek Placer Mine. This landscape is marked by steep elevation changes between Dreadnaught Hill and War Eagle Hill, with numerous named gulches like Sitzer Gulch and Jeff Davis Gulch directing the flow of local waters into Silver Creek and Threemile Creek. Local infrastructure is represented by the Silver City Airport and the Silver City Cemetery, while the Three Mile Reservoir Dam indicates water management crucial for both local industry and the scattered residential developments along roads like Birdseye Rd.