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1997 Map of Isaac Meadows

Name: 1997 Topographic Map of Isaac Meadows
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2002
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2002

About this map

Beaverhead National Forest lands dominate this late-twentieth-century landscape, where industrial extraction and ranching intersect across the drainage of Ruby Creek. The map documents a cluster of mining activity centered around Nickel Bar Gulch, including the Ruby Mine and the Moose Horn Mine, alongside several other unnamed prospects and a Gravel Pit. These features indicate a history of mineral exploration tucked into the steep drainages of Badger Ridge and Wenger Gulch.

The eastern portion of the survey transitions into the more level reaches of Isaac Meadows and the wetland corridors of Swamp Creek. Here, the land use shifts toward high-altitude ranching, marked by the Ruby Ranch and the 1120 Ranch. Water management is evident through features like Schultz Reservoir and the network of mountain streams including Moosehorn Creek and Holland Creek, which feed into the larger creek systems that define the topography of this part of Beaverhead County.