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1985 Map of Fort Hill

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

USGS Topo · Published 1985

About this map

Fort Hill stands as the central landmark of this Lincoln County survey, rising above a landscape defined by the intricate drainage of the Muddy Creek system. The terrain transitions from the elevated heights of Miller Mountain in the north to the depressions of Mc Cray Basin in the south, illustrating the high-desert topography of western Wyoming during the late 1970s and early 1980s. A network of seasonal and perennial waterways, including Dutch George Creek and Fontenelle Creek, carves through the land, indicating the vital importance of water rights and natural boundaries in this region.

The western edge of the quadrangle is marked by the distinctive Little Coal Hogbacks, a geological formation that runs parallel to the creek valleys. The absence of major settlements highlights the land's primary use for open-range grazing or resource exploration, with only primitive roads and trails connecting landmarks like Delaney Creek and Burdick Creek. This 1985 provisional edition, based on field checks from 1980, captures the area just as modern surveying techniques were being standardized across the high plains.