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2015 Map of Berne

Name: 2015 Topographic Map of Berne
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2015
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2015

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Black Hills National Forest land dominates this landscape, where the headwaters of several major drainages carve through the granite and limestone of the Southern Hills. The area serves as a significant drainage divide, with the N Fork French Cr and Middle Fork French Cr flowing westward toward the city of Custer, while Spring Cr and Tenderfoot Cr carry water toward the northeast. The settlement pattern follows the established corridors of Highway 16/385, connecting historic railroad and stage points like Oreville and Berne.

Evidence of early water resource development is scattered throughout the terrain, from the Wabash Spring in the south to the Junction Ranger Station centrally located near the Vanderlehr Cr drainage. Small-scale mountain topography is named with colorful local descriptors, including Bugtown Gulch, Graveyard Gulch, and the prominent Thunderhead Mtn. These features, along with isolated springs like North Pole Spring, provide specific markers for those researching the land use history of the Custer vicinity.