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1993 Map of Klondike Ranch

Name: 1993 Topographic Map of Klondike Ranch
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1997
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1997

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Bighorn National Forest dominates the western half of this Johnson County landscape, where the high elevations of Elgin Park and Sisters Hill give way to the dramatic descent of Crazy Woman Mountain. The rugged topography is defined by the complex drainage systems of the Little North Fork Crazy Woman Creek and Crazy Woman Canyon, reflecting the intense geological carving of the Bighorn range's eastern flank.

Lower elevations to the east reveal a history of water management and ranching, anchored by the Klondike Ranch. A network of irrigation works, including Thompson and Mathews Ditch No 1 and Watkins Ditch, trace the contours to support agriculture in this arid environment. The transition from timbered forest to the open drainage basins of Muddy Creek and Dry Muddy Creek illustrates the divergent land uses of the Wyoming foothills during the late twentieth century.