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1980 Map of North Slick Creek

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

USGS Topo · Published 1980

About this map

Custer National Forest anchors the southern landscape of this 1980 survey, where the drainages of the Slick Creek system define the local topography. This borderland region between Montana and South Dakota reflects a specialized ranching and resource economy, centered around water management and livestock. Several named water sources, such as Pendleton Well and Plum Creek Well, suggest the importance of groundwater for survival in this arid terrain.

Evidence of local community life is found at the Carter School, located near the intersection of various ranch roads. The landscape is also marked by essential infrastructure like the Plum Creek Reservoir and West Plum Creek Reservoir, alongside scattered Gravel Pits that supported road building and local industry. The map's detail extends to the complex network of creeks, including North Slick Creek, Middle Slick Creek, and South Slick Creek, which feed into the larger regional watershed near Wagon Creek.