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1979 Map of Hill City South

Name: 1979 Topographic Map of Hill City South
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1979
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1979

About this map

Hill City serves as the focal point of this late-1970s survey, showing a developed township layout complete with a Municipal Airport, Fairground, and even a Drive-in Theater. The town is situated just north of the South Fork Solomon River, with the Union Pacific railroad providing the primary east-west transit corridor through the river valley. South of the river, the landscape transitions into several named townships including Millbrook, Morlan, and Happy.

Resource extraction is a prominent theme across the terrain, with numerous Oil Wells and a significant Oil Field scattered throughout the southern sections. Local industry is further represented by several extraction sites like a Gravel Pit and Sandpit near the river. This map captures a moment of active prairie development, where traditional agricultural land-use boundaries, marked by red dashed fence lines, exist alongside growing energy and municipal infrastructure.