2014 Map of Blacktail Creek SW

About this map

The Powder River drainage defines this high-plains landscape where three Montana counties converge. This 2014 survey captures a sparsely populated region where administrative boundaries between Custer, Powder River, and Carter counties intersect. The map documents a terrain shaped by seasonal watercourses, including Spring Creek, Whitetail Creek, and Dry Creek, which cut through the drainage basins feeding the main river valley. Low-impact infrastructure is evident through a limited network of gravel and unimproved routes such as Powderville Road and Brewer Road. These corridors, along with the BLM Road, provide the primary access for land management and ranching operations in a landscape largely defined by the Public Land Survey System grids of Township 1 North and 1 South.