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1997 Map of Pintler Lake

Name: 1997 Topographic Map of Pintler Lake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2002
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2002

About this map

The high country of the Beaverhead National Forest meets the ranching valley of the Big Hole River in this late-twentieth-century revision. The northern terrain is defined by the Anaconda Pintler Wilderness, where Pintler Lake and Pintler Falls sit below Mudd Creek Ridge. This rugged geography transitions into a managed landscape of agricultural water rights and early settlements to the south.

Evidence of established land use is visible at the F L Bacon Ranch and Christensen Ranch, situated near the small community of Bowen. The intricate network of irrigation, including the Big Bushong Ditch, Nyhart Ditch, and the Sparrow Christenson Waste Ditch, illustrates the complex water management required for ranching in this part of Montana. The inclusion of the Bowen Sch provides a key point of interest for those researching the social history of these rural outposts.