2011 Map of Dailey Spring

About this map

Dailey Spring and a complex network of ephemeral watercourses define this rural section of McCone County. The landscape is characterized by the branching drainages of West Fork Sand Creek, Middle Fork Sand Creek, and East Fork Sand Creek, which carve through the terrain alongside Porcupine Creek and Dead Man Coulee. Water management is central to the land's utility, evidenced by numerous named ranching and stock improvements including Tveten Reservoir, the Whitmus Stock Reservoir Dam, and Fiske Dam. A sparse network of gravel and dirt roads, such as Pass Rd and N Sand Creek Rd, provides the primary access to these remote ranching lands. This 2011 survey by the U.S. Geological Survey documents the persistence of traditional water-right landmarks like Barrel Springs and Wendell Number 1 Dam in the high plains of eastern Montana.