2017 Map of Box Elder NW

About this map

Sage Creek meanders through the northern reaches of this Hill County landscape, carving a path through a series of distinct drainage patterns in the northern Montana plains. The topography is defined by significant coulees that reveal the natural erosion of the high prairie, most notably Sage Lake Coulee in the north and Faulkners Coulee near the center. These features, along with Halfway Coulee to the east, suggest a seasonal water network that dictated land use and sectioning across the various township and range boundaries. Human activity is largely represented by the rectilinear grid of the Public Land Survey System and the presence of Rd 120 S, indicating a rural agricultural setting where life follows the contours of the coulees and the intermittent flows of Sage Cr.