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1965 Map of Bata Mountain

Name: 1965 Topographic Map of Bata Mountain
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1967
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1967

About this map

Clearwater State Forest dominates this mountain landscape along the border of Missoula and Powell counties, as it appeared in the mid-1960s. The northern reaches are defined by the winding course of the Blackfoot River, where the Bear Creek Bridge provides a vital crossing point near Bear Creek Flat. This area reflects a legacy of natural resource extraction and high-altitude wilderness, with multiple sites marked simply as Mines or Prospect scattered across the southern ridges near Cap Wallace Gulch.

The terrain rises steeply toward prominent peaks like Bata Mtn and Blacktail Mountain. In the southeastern corner, the landscape softens into Chamberlain Meadows, a high clearing drained by the North Fork of Chamberlain Creek. This survey captures a moment of quiet industrial activity before modern environmental protections, visible in the network of unimproved roads and a Jeep Trail that penetrate the deep drainages of Little Fish Creek and Warren Creek.