2011 Map of Badland Draw

About this map

Haystack Butte and the surrounding high ground of Windy Ridge define this landscape in eastern Fallon County. The area is characterized by an intricate network of drainages including Cottonwood Creek, Johny Creek, and Cannonball Creek that carve through the local topography. This 2011 survey illustrates a sparsely populated ranching or rangeland environment where infrastructure is limited to secondary routes like Old 16 Rd. The naming of Badland Draw and Dugout Creek suggests the difficult nature of the terrain and early settlement practices in this portion of the Montana-North Dakota borderlands. Water sources are primarily seasonal or intermittent, with North Butte Creek and South Butte Creek flowing toward the southern reaches of the quadrangle.