1981 Map of Piney Butte

About this map

Piney Butte stands as a prominent landmark in this eastern Montana landscape, situated near the shifting boundaries of Carter and Fallon counties. The area is defined by its vital water sources in an arid region, with the drainage of South Fork Milk Creek in the north and the East Fork O'Fallon Creek to the south. Small tributaries like Spring Creek wind through the terrain, punctuated by isolated infrastructure such as Flowing Well and various unnamed wells and springs. The mapping reflects a period in the early 1980s when the region remained dominated by large-scale ranching and open rangeland, where named natural features and reliable water points served as the primary coordinates for local navigation and land management.