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1970 Map of Bloom Creek

Name: 1970 Topographic Map of Bloom Creek
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1986
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1986

About this map

Custer National Forest dominates the landscape of Powder River County in this 1970 survey, revealing a remote region defined by complex drainage systems and isolated water management. The terrain is marked by the meandering course of the Powder River in the southeast, while the interior is etched with numerous named canyons and gullies including Dutch Gulch and Plum Creek.

Resource management in this arid stretch of Montana is evident through a network of small upland impoundments such as Rimrock Reservoir, Dunning Reservoir, and Swope Reservoir. These features, alongside isolated labels like the Drill Hole and Wolf Den Spring, point to the region's reliance on scattered water sources for livestock or early industrial exploration. The map provides a look at the land before later development, showing the fundamental hydrology of the forks and spring creeks.