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2024 Map of Home Creek Butte

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

USGS Topo · Published 2024

About this map

Custer National Forest encompasses a landscape of significant elevation changes and seasonal water sources in southeastern Montana. The area is defined by a series of dramatic geographic markers, including Suicide Pass, Camps Pass, and the prominent Home Creek Butte. Ranching history and land management are visible through the inclusion of the Samuelson Ranch and numerous engineered water features such as Knudson Reservoir, Phillips Reservoir, and Tobin Reservoir.

Transport and access are primarily facilitated by a network of forest trails, such as the Schoolhouse Draw Trl and Pumpkin-Otter Divide Trl, which navigate the drainages of Fly Creek and Home Creek. Named springs like Lemonade Spring and Buffalo Head Spring suggest the critical importance of reliable water points in this arid region, providing essential context for the settlement and use of the high plains pasture land.