2020 Map of Poverty Coulee

About this map

Cottonwood Cr winds through this Liberty County landscape, cutting a deep path through the high plains of northern Montana. This 2020 survey illustrates a region defined by its drainage network, where numerous coulees—including Manton Coulee, Tiber Coulee, and the eponymous Poverty Coulee—carve into the terrain. The presence of Gagnon Reservoir in the southwest corner and features like Stellner Coulee and Loranger Coulee suggest a history of family ranching and water management in an area otherwise dominated by the vast, open stretches typical of the Big Sky Country.