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1981 Map of Lance Creek

Name: 1981 Topographic Map of Lance Creek
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1983
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1983

About this map

Kaye Oil Field and the Clareton Oil Field anchor the western portion of this high-plains landscape, where the energy economy of eastern Wyoming is clearly etched into the terrain. Situated along the Niobrara Co and Converse Co border, the region is defined by a dense network of watercourses like Lightning Creek and Lance Creek that cut through the undulating Twentymile Divide.

Evidence of local industry and ranching infrastructure appears in the form of scattered landing strips and a Gaging Station, supporting operations across the Buck Creek Oil Field and Mule Creek Oil Field. The northeast corner of the map reaches into the Black Hills National Forest at the South Dakota border, providing a stark transition from the open drainage basins of Old Woman Creek and the Cheyenne River to the more varied topography of the Seaman Hills and Buck Creek Hills.