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1957 Map of Crowheart NE

Name: 1957 Topographic Map of Crowheart NE
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1958
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1958

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The Wind River Indian Reservation landscape is defined by its industrial activity and drainage networks in the late 1950s. The topography is dominated by the Northwest Sheldon Dome Field, where numerous oil wells, including several marked as dry, are scattered among storage Tanks and an Airstrip. This petroleum infrastructure is concentrated near the center of the sheet, illustrating the mid-century energy development within the reservation boundaries.

Water sources are critical in this arid environment, represented by the Artesian Wells and the presence of Rolff Lake. The terrain is carved by ephemeral watercourses such as Dry Creek and Red Creek, along with named ravines like Paintbolt Draw. Evidence of earlier resource extraction is visible in the northeast, where Coal Mines (Inactive) sit near Coal Draw, showing a shift from mining to oil as the primary local industry.