2020 Map of Coal Mine Creek East

About this map

Round Butte and the Opheim Hills dominate this high-plains landscape in Valley County, where the topography is defined by deeply carved coulees and drainage networks near the international boundary. The southern portion of the map is marked by Coal Mine Hill, rising above the drainage of Coal Mine Creek. This area illustrates a typical northern Montana drainage pattern, with Slaughter Coulee and Fox Coulee feeding into larger systems like S Creek and its tributary, North Fork S Creek. The transition from the flat upper benches to the dissected breaks along Morgan Creek in the north highlights the natural erosion patterns of the Missouri River Basin. Human presence is sparse, indicated primarily by the section lines of the Public Land Survey System and local connectors like Richardson Road.