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2011 Map of Philipsburg

Name: 2011 Topographic Map of Philipsburg
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2011
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2011

About this map

Philipsburg serves as the focal point of this Granite County landscape, situated along the eastern edge of the Philipsburg Valley. The town's grid is dense with civic identifiers like the Philipsburg Post Office and Philipsburg Vol Fire Company, while the Philipsburg Cemetery overlooks the valley from a nearby rise. The geography is defined by a dense concentration of mineral claims and workings on the slopes of Hope Hill and Duffy Hill, indicating a significant history of silver and manganese extraction.

A network of gulches and creeks, including Frost Creek and Camp Creek, provides the natural corridors where numerous operations such as the Shapleigh Mine, Algonquin Mine, and Derby/Elignore Mine are clustered. To the south, the settlement of Rumsey and the location of Porters Corner mark the transition toward more open terrain near Flint Creek. Water management is visible through features like the Bayer Number 1 Dam at Kroger Pond and the Marshall Creek Canal, supporting the local industrial and agricultural needs of the region.