2017 Map of Black Hills

About this map

Black Hills dominates the topography of this eastern Montana landscape, where the high prairie is deeply incised by a series of coulees and ephemeral creek beds. The drainage pattern is defined by the northward flow of Little Dry Cr and Lone Tree Cr, while the southwestern portion is marked by the distinctively eroded Badlands Coulee. This 2017 survey reflects a largely undeveloped ranching environment, structured by the Public Land Survey System grid and remote thoroughfares such as Garfield Co Road 216. The land is characterized by name-bearing topographical features like Jacques Coulee and Spring Coulee, which serve as primary landmarks in a region defined by its water-carved geography rather than dense human settlement. It provides a contemporary view of Garfield County’s interior before these cattle-country tracts were further subdivided or altered.