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2024 Map of Black Spring

Name: 2024 Topographic Map of Black Spring
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2024
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2024

About this map

The Little Wolf Mountains dominate the western edge of this 2024 landscape, defining a terrain of high ridges and deep drainage systems along the border of Rosebud and Big Horn counties. Water sources are the primary landmarks in this high-plains environment, anchored by named features such as Black Spring, Lynch Spring, and Indian Coulee Spring. These reliable water points historically dictated the movement of livestock and people through the varied topography.

A complex network of seasonal waterways, including the North Fork and South Fork of Cottonwood Creek, carve through the land, flowing toward the area identified as Muddy in the southeast. The map reveals a remote pastoral landscape where the orientation of Water Holes Creek and Slough Grass Creek still follows the natural contours of the land, largely unhindered by modern development beyond the established township and range grids.