1984 Map of Crow Creek Dam

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The international boundary between Saskatchewan and Montana marks the northern edge of this high plains landscape. This 1984 survey centers on the water management systems of the northern Montana prairie, where the Crow Creek Dam and numerous small impoundments such as Target Reservoir and Timber Reservoir anchor the drainage of Big Snake Creek and the East Fork Crow Creek. These features illustrate the essential infrastructure of ranching and water conservation in Valley County and Phillips County. The terrain is defined by the winding course of Red Mud Coulee and several smaller basins named for local utility or perhaps individuals, including Grimes Reservoir, Ardis Reservoir, and Becky Reservoir, providing a record of the landscape's hydrological development in the late twentieth century.