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1962 Map of Dillon East

Name: 1962 Topographic Map of Dillon East
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1979
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1979

About this map

The Beaverhead River valley defines the western edge of this 1962 topography, where the city of Dillon sits at the foot of rising benchlands. This survey illustrates a complex agricultural and water management system, tracing the paths of the Dillon Canal, East Bench Canal, and numerous smaller waterways like Tulley Ditch and Selway Slough. These man-made features highlight the region's reliance on irrigation to transform the arid Montana landscape into productive land.

Beyond the residential core of Dillon, the map captures essential community infrastructure including the Dillon Airport, the Mountain View Cemetery, and the Dillon Municipal Golf Course. To the south, the terrain becomes more varied as Blacktail Deer Creek winds through the hills toward Axes Canyon. This record provides a clear view of the intersection between a growing valley town and its surrounding ranching and irrigation network during the early 1960s.