2024 Map of Lignite Creek

About this map

The Yellowstone River cuts across the northern landscape of this Custer County quadrangle, defining the local geography and the path of modern transport corridors. Along its banks and the adjacent railway line, the small settlements of Paragon and Ulmer remain as points of interest for local historians and genealogists tracking the development of eastern Montana's river valleys. The terrain south of the river rises into a series of drainages, where the hydrology shifts from the broad river to smaller, seasonally significant watercourses like Lignite Creek and Coal Creek.