2011 Map of Battle Butte

About this map

Battle Butte and the prominent Twin Buttes anchor this portion of Stillwater County, Montana, where the open landscape is defined by a dendritic network of seasonal and perennial waterways. The drainage pattern is complex, with Sixshooter Creek, Middle Creek, and Cedar Creek carving through the prairie. Modern land management and ranching infrastructure are evident in the grid of local roads, such as Flat Rd and Gorr Rd, which navigate around the natural depressions that house water bodies like Dallmann Lake. This 2011 survey reflects the late-twentieth-century transition of the region, where historical landmarks like the buttes remain as navigational pillars amidst a landscape shaped by persistent watercourses like Gurney Creek, Struck Creek, and Greenwood Creek.