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2024 Map of Hedstrom Lake

Name: 2024 Topographic Map of Hedstrom Lake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2024
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2024

About this map

Biebers Cem serves as a lone genealogical landmark in this section of the eastern Montana high plains, where the boundaries of McCone, Garfield, and Prairie Counties converge. The landscape is defined by a dendritic drainage pattern of intermittent watercourses, including Skull Creek, Hay Creek, and Timber Creek, which carve through the terrain. A notable reservoir, Hedstrom Lake, provides a localized water source amidst the vast network of township and range divisions.

Transportation through this sparsely settled region relies on a few primary corridors such as Last Chance Rd and Big Sheep Mountain Rd. The presence of Two Furrows Rd suggests the primitive nature of local transit in a landscape dedicated primarily to ranching or open range. The intersection of county lines here illustrates the geometric political organization of the American West, where administrative borders often cut across the natural flow of the local coulees and drainages.