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1963 Map of Cadotte Creek

Name: 1963 Topographic Map of Cadotte Creek
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1964
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1964

About this map

Continental Divide crests through this 1963 survey of the northern Rockies in Lewis and Clark County. The landscape is defined by the headwaters of the Blackfoot River, where numerous seasonal and perennial streams like Alice Creek and Cadotte Creek carve through a series of prominent gulches. The terrain is marked by local ranching operations, such as Fickler Ranch and Cox Ranch, situated along the lower elevations where the valleys widen.

Evidence of resource extraction is visible in scattered labels for a Mine and a Gravel Pit, while the high-altitude topography transitions from the peaks of Green Mountain to the wetlands of Flesher Lakes. The presence of the Helena National Forest boundary underscores the protected nature of this mountainous area, which is traversed by the passage at Rogers Pass. This study documents the region just as photogrammetric mapping was refining the detail of its complex drainage systems like Hardscrabble Creek and Bartlett Creek.