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1988 Map of Charlo

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

USGS Topo · Published 1988

About this map

The settlement of Charlo serves as a focal point within the Flathead Indian Reservation during the late 1980s. This landscape is defined by an extensive network of irrigation canals and ditches that support agriculture across the valley floor, bounded to the west by the Moiese Hills. The infrastructure of the era is clearly marked, from the Northern Pacific railroad line passing through the town center to the High Sch and local Station.

Water management and conservation are central themes of this quadrangle, highlighted by the massive Ninepipe Reservoir and the surrounding Ninepipe National Wildlife Refuge. Further south, the map documents the community of Dublin and the D'Aste Ch, alongside natural drainage features like Crow Creek and Post Creek. The presence of scattered Gravel Pits and the Ninepipe Substa points to the rural industrial and utility developments sustaining the region at this time.