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2024 Map of Racetrack

Name: 2024 Topographic Map of Racetrack
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2024
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2024

About this map

Racetrack and the northern outskirts of Anaconda anchor this 2024 landscape at the boundary of Powell and Deer Lodge Counties. The terrain is defined by a series of parallel watercourses descending from the high ground in the west, including Dempsey Creek and Racetrack Creek, which feed into a network of historic irrigation systems like the Morrison Ditch and West Side Canal. This intricate water management infrastructure reveals the area's long-standing reliance on diverted alpine runoff for local agriculture and industry.

Transportation history is visible through the alignment of the Yellowstone Trail, an early transcontinental highway route that runs parallel to modern thoroughfares like Frontage Rd. The map also captures numerous family-named and descriptive access points such as Bielenberg Rd and Perkins Rd, while the Powell Reservoirs sit tucked into the northern canyons. These features together document a working Montana landscape where early twentieth-century transit corridors and water rights continue to shape modern settlement patterns.