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1961 Map of Middlewood Hill

Name: 1961 Topographic Map of Middlewood Hill
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1992
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1992

About this map

The Continental Divide winds through this high-altitude landscape of southern Wyoming as it appeared in the early 1960s. The terrain is defined by dramatic elevation changes, notably at Middlewood Hill and Rasmusson Hill, where the drainage patterns of the high plains are clearly visible. Ranching activity is centered around the Middlewood Ranch, while water management is evidenced by an Aqueduct and the Adams Reservoir, which includes a noted Spillway at 7432 feet.

Several tributaries including Trapper Creek, Sage Creek, and Little Jack Creek carve through the draws and meadows. The presence of Round Meadow and Low Hill provides insight into the localized topography used by early settlers and ranchers in this part of Carbon County. This survey, part of the development program for the Missouri River Basin, captures a moment before modern infrastructure further altered these remote high-elevation drainage basins.