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1971 Map of Lake Seventeen West

Name: 1971 Topographic Map of Lake Seventeen West
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1974
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1974

About this map

Timber Ridge dominates the southern landscape of this Blaine County quadrangle, where the terrain transitions into the drainages of Suction Creek and Little Suction Creek. The area is defined by its position along the eastern edge of the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation Boundary, a significant cultural and administrative line that bisects the eastern portion of the sheet. The landscape reflects a sparsely populated ranching or resource-focused environment in the early 1970s, evidenced by isolated infrastructure such as a Well and a network of improved and unimproved roads.

Water management and natural basins are central to this territory, with Lake Seventeen serving as a notable landmark in the northeast. Other drainages including Rattlesnake Creek and Tin Cup Creek carve through the western and central sections, illustrating the complex hydrology of this Missouri River Basin development area. This survey provides a clear view of the land use patterns and boundary lines that shaped this part of Montana during the late twentieth century.