1984 Map of Forks

About this map

Stinky Creek and its tributary, East Fork Stinky Creek, carve a intricate drainage pattern through this high plains portion of Phillips County. The landscape is defined by its coulees, which suggest a dry, undulating terrain typical of the northern Montana prairie. Named landforms like Bell Coulee and Hymer Coulee provide essential orientation in an otherwise expansive and open territory, while Ole Olson Coulee preserves a specific surname of local importance to the region’s ranching or homesteading history. As a provisional map from the mid-1980s, it documents the topography and limited road network of this area as it appeared just before the turn of the twenty-first century.