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1972 Map of Poplar

Name: 1972 Topographic Map of Poplar
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1989
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1989

About this map

The town of Poplar serves as a focal point for this Northeastern Montana landscape, situated at the junction of Boxelder Creek and the Missouri River. As a key hub within the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, the settlement is defined by its industrial and transport infrastructure, including Grain Elevators, a large bank of Storage Bins, and the Burlington Northern railroad corridor. The 1980s photo-revisions highlight the town's expansion, showing a clear grid of residential streets north of the main rail line.

To the south, the terrain shifts dramatically across the river into the high-relief coulees of the Redwater River basin. While the northern half of the sheet is dominated by agriculture and river bends like Boys Bend, the southern portion reveals a complex network of drainages such as Hubbard Coulee and Glendive Coulee. Rare rural markers like Arthur Sch and the Nickwall LB and Nickwall RB landings provide essential points of reference for local historians tracing early 20th-century development along the river borders of Roosevelt, McCone, and Richland Counties.