2024 Map of Dugout Creek

About this map

The Missouri River serves as the defining northern boundary of this landscape, separating Roosevelt Co and Richland Co along a winding course of gravel bars and shifting banks. South of the river valley, the terrain transitions into a highly dissected network of ridges and coulees, carved by the drainages of Hardscrabble Creek and Dugout Creek. This sparsely settled corner of northeast Montana is mapped with modern precision, showing the essential local transportation network that links these ranching lands, including Co Rd 152 and Co Rd 332. The complex topography of the creek breaks illustrates the land's character at the edge of the Missouri breaks, where the drainage patterns of t27n r55e and neighboring townships dictate the movement of both water and cattle through the dry Montana interior.