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2015 Map of Horse Butte

Name: 2015 Topographic Map of Horse Butte
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2015
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2015

About this map

French Vee serves as the primary landmark in this drainage-heavy landscape of eastern Washakie County. The terrain is defined by an intricate network of waterways including N Fork Little Canyon Cr and Middle Fork Little Canyon Cr, which converge as they move through the high country. To the southeast, the headwaters of the S Fork Red Fork Powder River emerge, illustrating the complex hydrology of the Big Horn Mountains foothills.

Horse Butte rises as a prominent high point, overlooking a series of canyons and draws named after local families and geographic features. Water sources like Bear Spring and the Red Bank Reservoir provided essential infrastructure for ranching operations in this arid environment. Roads such as Hazelton Rd and Barnum Mountain Rd track across the ridges, following historical transit corridors that have long connected these remote grazing lands.