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1971 Map of Clearmont

Name: 1971 Topographic Map of Clearmont
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1974
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1974

About this map

Clearmont serves as the primary hub in this Sheridan County landscape, situated where the Burlington Northern railroad meets the confluence of several vital watercourses. The map captures a moment in the early 1970s when the town's local infrastructure included an Athletic Field and a nearby Gravel Pit, signifying small-town development along the rail line. The surrounding terrain is defined by an intricate network of drainage patterns, including Lone Tree Creek, Whitmeyer Creek, and Pinhead Creek, which feed into the larger Clear Creek valley.

The character of this high-plains environment is revealed through evocative local naming conventions such as Black Stump Draw, Dead Mans Draw, and Sand Draw. These features, along with irrigation infrastructure like the Pratt and Ferris Ditch, illustrate the historical reliance on water management for ranching and settlement in the region. Several unnamed jeep trails crisscross the draws, highlighting the rural transit patterns that connected outlying homesteads to the central community of Clearmont.