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2012 Map of Box Elder Draw

Name: 2012 Topographic Map of Box Elder Draw
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2012
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2012

About this map

Hanging Woman Cr and its many tributaries, including Middle Prong Hanging Woman Cr, define this landscape in Sheridan County along the Wyoming-Montana border. The area is characterized by a complex network of ephemeral drainages and namesake topographical features such as North Prong Box Elder Draw and King Draw. The map records several prongs that feed into the larger creek systems, such as Schoolhouse Prong and Grenell Prong, which indicate the specific local nomenclature used to navigate this watershed.

Evidence of early 21st-century infrastructure is limited to a few arterial routes like Passaic Rd and Hanging Woman Rd. The presence of King Geyser near Seventysix Cr highlights a specific geological point of interest in a region otherwise dominated by the seasonal flow of the N Fork North Buffalo Cr and various cottonwood-lined draws. This survey captures the sparse, high-plains geography of the borderlands before further modernization altered the local road network.