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2020 Map of Beaverhead Rock

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

USGS Topo · Published 2020

About this map

Beaverhead Rock stands as a prominent landmark at the border of Madison and Beaverhead counties, overlooking a landscape defined by its complex irrigation and river systems. This 2020 map illustrates the heavy reliance on water management in the region, featuring an extensive network of human-made waterways such as the Paigeville Canal, Bokum Lawyer Ditch, and Mule Shoe Ditch. These diversions draw from the Big Hole River and Beaverhead River, which meander through the valley alongside California Slough and Baker Slough.

Local history and genealogy interests are centered around the small settlement at Point of Rocks, where the Point of Rocks Cem is located near the Warm Springs Ditch. The map also records several family-named infrastructure pieces, including the Pennington Bridge and the Balkovetz Giem Standvich Whiting Ditch, reflecting the long-standing agricultural heritage and private water rights of the area's ranching families.