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1969 Map of Government Hill

Name: 1969 Topographic Map of Government Hill
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1980
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1980

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The Yellowstone River cuts through the northwest corner of this Custer County landscape, defining a narrow corridor of infrastructure where the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific and Burlington Northern railroads run parallel. The small settlement of Tusler sits near the riverbanks, supported by an Irrigation Canal and a Pumping Sta. Moving away from the water, the terrain transitions into the high, broken ground of the Pine Hills, a region marked by numerous ephemeral drainages like Hay Creek and Alkali Creek.

Landmarks such as Strawberry Hill and Badland Butte provide vertical relief in an area primarily used for grazing and resource extraction, as evidenced by a Gravel Pit and a large Pipeline crossing the plains. To the south, the map reveals the prominent Angelwing Butte and the headwaters of Whitney Creek, illustrating the complex erosion patterns typical of the eastern Montana badlands before these remote reaches were further modernized.