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1965 Map of Indian Lake

Name: 1965 Topographic Map of Indian Lake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1988
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1988

About this map

Indian Lake sits at the heart of this central Montana landscape, where the high plains break into a complex network of drainages feeding into the Missouri River system. The mid-1960s terrain is characterized by the expansive Charles M Russell National Wildlife Refuge and the remote U L Bend Wilderness. These protected lands are defined by deep coulees like Valentine Coulee and Mickey Coulee, which carve through the high prairie toward the shoreline of Fort Peck Lake.

Isolated livestock operations including Wiederrick Ranch, Matovich Ranch, and Lazy X Ranch indicate the sparse, ranch-driven settlement patterns of Phillips County during this era. Water management is a primary feature of the landscape, evidenced by the presence of Fowler Reservoir, Jones Reservoir, and specialized structures such as the Moffat Retaining Pit and Halfway Retaining Pit. The intricate contours of the U L Bend highlight the transition from prairie to the breaks of the Missouri.