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1980 Map of Mexican Buttes

Name: 1980 Topographic Map of Mexican Buttes
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1980
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1980

About this map

The rugged high plains of the Yellowstone and Treasure County line dominate this 1980 survey, characterized by prominent landmarks such as Mexican Buttes and Twin Buttes. The landscape is etched by a complex drainage system including Mc Cloud Coulee and North Fork Horse Creek, illustrating the erosive forces at work on this Montana plateau. Evidence of late-20th-century resource exploration is scattered across the terrain in the form of numerous Drill Hole sites, particularly concentrated in the western sectors near Spring.

Cattle ranching and local transit are represented by a network of Jeep Trail paths that navigate around significant elevations like Bender Hill and Ninemile Hill. The transition between basins is marked by several water sources such as Alkali Creek and East Buffalo Creek, providing a detailed look at the hydrology of the Big Horn Basin outskirts before modern development altered these traditional grazing lands.