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1965 Map of Medicine Lodge Peak

Name: 1965 Topographic Map of Medicine Lodge Peak
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1989
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1989

About this map

Medicine Lodge Peak and the surrounding high country of the Beaverhead National Forest dominate this montane landscape. The area is defined by its water sources, with numerous named springs such as Shooting Herders Spring, Lake Canyon Spring, and Ayers Canyon Spring sustaining the drainage basins of Medicine Lodge Creek and Hansen Creek. Evidence of resource extraction and livestock management appears through scattered prospects and a long drift fence spanning the ridges.

The presence of the Keystone Reservoir Spillway and the remote Lake Canyon Lake indicates the importance of water management in this arid mountain environment. The terrain is marked by deep incisions like Lake Canyon and Ayers Canyon, while a network of jeep trails provides the only access through the rugged elevations between Maiden Peak and the creek bottoms. This survey reflects the mid-century land use of southwestern Montana, where mining interests and forest service management overlapped.