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1973 Map of Leslie Creek

Name: 1973 Topographic Map of Leslie Creek
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1976
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1976

About this map

Leslie Creek meanders through this portion of Powder River County, Montana, carving a landscape defined by seasonal drainages and prominent landmarks like Two Tree Butte and Haystack Butte. The mapping reveals a sparse but functional infrastructure of the early 1970s, where an unnamed Road provides access to scattered Well sites and isolated Drill Hole locations, indicating the area's history of resource exploration.

Hydrological features dominate the terrain, with the North Fork Ash Creek and South Fork Ash Creek joining a network of waterways including Rough Creek and Mispah Creek. The presence of Leslie Spring suggests a critical water source in this semi-arid environment. This survey captures a moment when the regional economy relied on the intersection of cattle ranching and geological surveying, long before modern developments changed the character of these western drainage basins.