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1986 Map of Hopley Creek North

Name: 1986 Topographic Map of Hopley Creek North
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1986
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1986

About this map

The high plains of Wheatland County, Montana, are defined here by a network of drainage basins and water management features vital to this arid landscape. Hopley Creek serves as a primary axis, joined by the West Fork and East Fork as it winds southward. Central to the ranching geography of the 1980s is the Nelson Reservoir, a key storage point for local water resources in a region marked by deep erosion patterns like Big Coulee and Dresback Coulee.

Smaller tributaries such as Mexican John Creek and Antelope Creek further carve the terrain, which is sparsely punctuated by human markers like the isolated Corral and various Spring locations. This map captures the area as it was surveyed in 1979 and edited in 1986, illustrating the intersection of natural hydrology and the infrastructure required for livestock and agriculture in the Montana interior.