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1980 Map of Miles City

Name: 1980 Topographic Map of Miles City
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1982
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1982

About this map

The confluence of the Tongue River and the Yellowstone River serves as the focal point for this eastern Montana landscape, where the town of Miles City developed as a significant regional hub. Surveyed in the late 1960s and updated with 1978 aerial photography, this map illustrates a sophisticated transportation network of the late twentieth century, featuring the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific and Burlington Northern railroads alongside modern routes like Interstate 94.

Beyond the river valleys, the terrain transitions into the high ridges of The Pine Hills and the prominent Jack Creek Divide. The map documents a vast ranching and riparian geography defined by long watercourses such as Mizpah Creek and Pumpkin Creek. Genealogists and local historians can locate smaller historical points of interest like the Beebe (Site), as well as numerous remote drainages including Locate Creek and Moon Creek that characterize the Custer County backcountry.