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2024 Map of Down Reservoir

Name: 2024 Topographic Map of Down Reservoir
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2024
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2024

About this map

Down Reservoir lies at the heart of this North Central Montana landscape, marking a critical water resource in a region defined by its drainage systems. The terrain is shaped by the winding paths of North Fork Dodson Creek and Dodson Creek, which carve through the plains near the border of Blaine and Phillips Counties. The map illustrates the sparsely settled nature of the area, where land use is oriented around these seasonal watercourses and the section lines of the Public Land Survey System.

A solitary corridor of transport, N Dodson Rd, provides the primary overland access through this portion of the Milk River watershed. The surveyor's data captures the precise relationship between the hydrologic features and the administrative boundaries of Townships 32 and 33 North. For researchers or land historians, the map preserves the exact footprint of the reservoir and the natural riparian channels as they existed in the early twenty-first century.