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1965 Map of Black Hills

Name: 1965 Topographic Map of Black Hills
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1968
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1968

About this map

Black Hills dominates the central portion of this Garfield County landscape, surrounded by an intricate network of drainage systems. The area is defined by its coulees and seasonal creek beds, which illustrate the erosion patterns of the high plains in the mid-1960s. Little Dry Creek and Dry Creek traverse the northern sections, while Cottonwood Creek winds through the west.

The map reveals a landscape largely devoid of permanent settlements, focused instead on the natural topography and water flow through features like Knudson Coulee and Jacques Coulee. In the eastern half, the drainage becomes more complex with the West Fork Lone Tree Creek and Lone Tree Creek. This topography is characteristic of the Montana badlands, where land use was dictated by the availability of water and the rise of the eponymous hills.