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1968 Map of Kipp Lake

Name: 1968 Topographic Map of Kipp Lake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1972
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1972

About this map

The Blackfeet Indian Reservation landscape is defined here by the transit corridor of the Burlington Northern railroad and the Burlington Northern and Clark Trail, which both cut through the northern half of this 1968 study. The settlement of Blackfoot sits at the western edge of the sheet, while the rail stops at Meriwether and the southern settlement of Family mark the sparsely populated terrain.

Hydrology plays a significant role in the land use shown here, with Kipp Lake and Willow Creek providing critical water sources in a region marked by numerous ephemeral features like Kittson Coulee and Flatiron Creek. The map documents early infrastructure supporting the local economy, including Storage Bins at Meriwether and a Gravel Pit near a designated Historical Monument Monument. This record preserves the location of isolated wells and springs across the open coulees just before the turn of the 1970s.