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1988 Map of Brays Canyon

Name: 1988 Topographic Map of Brays Canyon
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1989
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1989

About this map

Big Hole Divide forms a prominent natural spine through this high-country landscape within the Beaverhead National Forest. This 1980s provisional study, based on fieldwork from the late 1950s and mid-1980s, captures a complex drainage system where the headwaters of North Fork Fox Creek and South Fork Fox Creek flow northwest while Buffalo Creek and Watson Creek descend toward the southeast. This hydrological split defines the character of the terrain, which is dominated by steep canyon walls and narrow stream valleys.

Evidence of small-scale resource extraction and land management is scattered across the topography, including a remote Prospect located near the head of Straight Fork and a Reservoir situated along the lower reaches of Buffalo Creek. The map provides a detailed view of the unimproved roads and trails that provided access to these high elevations before more modern developments, preserving the locations of ephemeral features like a Gravel Pit and numerous unnamed springs that sustained local livestock or wildlife.