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2020 Map of Bay Horse

Name: 2020 Topographic Map of Bay Horse
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2020
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2020

About this map

Bay Horse and the surrounding ranchlands of Powder River County define this landscape in the high plains of southern Montana. This survey reveals a terrain carved by an intricate drainage system including Butte Creek, Bay Horse Creek, and Allison Creek. These waterways and their respective valleys historically dictated the placement of early infrastructure, such as the Huckins School and established ranching operations like the Three Bar Ranch.

A network of rural routes, including Bay Horse Road, Bowers Creek Road, and Recluse Road, connects these remote outposts across the township lines of T8S and T9S. The map serves as a record of land use in a region where cattle ranching and sparse rural settlement remain the primary features of the human geography, centered on the named locality of Bay Horse near the confluence of several seasonal draws.