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1973 Map of Jakes Coulee

Name: 1973 Topographic Map of Jakes Coulee
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1995
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1995

About this map

Fort Peck Indian Reservation dominates the landscape of this 1970s survey, bisected by the meandering West Fork Poplar River. This northeastern Montana terrain, mapped shortly after field checks in 1973, reveals a sparsely populated landscape defined by drainage patterns and essential water sources. The boundary between Daniels Co and Roosevelt Co runs directly through the river valley, marking a political division in an otherwise open topography of coulees and breaks.

Evidence of resource exploration and land use appears through specific points of interest like a Drill Hole, a Gravel Pit, and a Well. These features, along with named water bodies such as Police Creek and Thirty Mile Coulee, provide critical orientation points for researchers and genealogists studying the historical footprints of rural families and early industry in this portion of the High Plains.