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1965 Map of Fife

Name: 1965 Topographic Map of Fife
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1968
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1968

About this map

The Great Northern railroad tracks cut across this Cascade County landscape, serving the small settlement of Fife during the mid-1960s. The area is defined by a series of deep drainages including Box Elder Creek, Antelope Coulee, and Rogers Coulee, which create a complex topographical relief against the high plains. Education in this rural reach was anchored by several local schoolhouses, such as Box Elder Sch, Antelope Coulee Sch, and Spring Creek Sch, reflecting a distributed community structure typical of Big Sky country.

Industrial and aviation markers are visible in the form of local Mines, a Gravel Pit, and the Ellis Landing Strip. Notable terrain features like Shettrock rise above the coulees, while agricultural infrastructure is represented by Storage Bins near the rail line. This record captures the region just as photogrammetric methods from 1964 aerial photography were being used to update the traditional topographic data.