2017 Map of Homestead

About this map

Homestead serves as the primary settlement in this corner of Northeast Montana, where the prairie landscape is defined by the winding course of Big Muddy Creek and the expansive waters of Medicine Lake. The map captures a transition between the elevated topography of Sauerkraut Coulee and the low-lying wetlands surrounding Homestead Lake. The grid of local roads, including Charlesworth Ave and Section Ave, reveals a late-twentieth-century development pattern imposed upon the traditional township and range divisions. Water management is a central theme of this terrain, with numerous drainages such as Wolf Cr and Sheep Creek feeding into the larger creek system, illustrating the hydrology of Sheridan and Roosevelt counties before the most recent landscape modifications. This survey documents the intersection of rural agriculture and the unique glacial prairie pothole environment characteristic of the High Plains.