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1960 Map of Red Hole

Name: 1960 Topographic Map of Red Hole
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1962
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1962

About this map

Red Hole Oil Field and the surrounding energy-producing landscape of Hot Springs County dominate this 1960 survey. The topography is defined by complex drainage systems such as Rock Springs Draw and Red Springs Draw, which carve through the high plains toward Kirby Creek in the north. This era represents a period of active resource extraction, evidenced by the clustered wells of the East Warm Springs Oil Field and West Warm Springs Oil Field situated near the thermal namesake waters of Warm Springs.

Physical landmarks like Black Mountain and the prominent Wild Horse Butte provide vertical relief against the winding Black Mountain Road. The map's detailed recording of intermittent springs and the Middle Fork Warm Springs illustrates the precarious water management of the Wyoming basin during the mid-20th century, where every named seep and draw was vital to the local petroleum and ranching economies.