2024 Map of Girard

About this map

Girard serves as a lonely landmark in this high-plains landscape of Richland County, where the topography is defined by the gradual erosion of the Missouri River plateau. The drainage patterns of the North Fork Lone Tree Creek and Lone Tree Creek carve deep into the northern and southern portions of the quadrangle, while First Hay Creek moves through the northeast corner. This modern survey illustrates the expansive grid of the Public Land Survey System, showing the township boundaries of T23N through T25N and the county road network, including Co RD 131 and Co RD 338, that facilitates movement between isolated homesteads and grazing lands. The presence of Elkhorn Coulee highlights the typical coulee-and-ridge terrain of eastern Montana, where small, seasonal watercourses have sculpted the earth over millennia.