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1989 Map of Camas Prairie

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

USGS Topo · Published 1989

About this map

The Flathead Indian Reservation dominates this landscape, showing a complex network of forest roads and land management markers in the late 1980s. The settlement at Camas Prairie serves as the focal point for the western portion of the map, situated at the edge of the expansive Camas Prairie Basin. This area is defined by its transition from the flat basin floors to the dissected uplands of the Cabinet Mountains foothills.

Water management and resource extraction are evident through the presence of a Pipeline and several prospects scattered across the higher elevations, including sites near Coppedge Gulch and Whiskey Gulch. Drainages such as Camas Creek, Clear Creek, and Whiskey Spring Creek carve through the terrain, while numerous small springs suggest a vital groundwater network for the local ranching and tribal land use of the era. The intricate system of BIA and forest routes, like FB-2000 and C-1000, illustrates the modern infrastructure used for accessing this remote section of Sanders County.