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1966 Map of Fallon

Name: 1966 Topographic Map of Fallon
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1985
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1985

About this map

The Yellowstone River cuts a wide path through this prairie landscape, defining the transition between the irrigated lowlands and the higher breaks of the Fallon Flat. The settlement of Fallon serves as a focal point along the Burlington Northern railroad, a corridor that also carries major regional pipelines and infrastructure through the river valley. Evidence of the area's agricultural reliance on water management is clear from the Main Canal and various pumping stations that tap into the river's flow.

Local history is etched into the terrain at the Community Cem and the named locality of Schilling to the south. The map documents the varied drainage patterns of the region, from the meandering O'Fallon Creek to the sharp relief of Plum Coulee. Numerous gravel pits and wells scattered across the quadrangle suggest a working landscape deeply tied to the extraction of local resources and the maintenance of the transport routes that parallel the water.