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2020 Map of Roscoe NW

Name: 2020 Topographic Map of Roscoe NW
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2020
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2020

About this map

Smith Bridge crosses the northern waters of Rosebud Creek in this 2020 landscape, where the border of Stillwater and Carbon counties meets a sophisticated network of irrigation infrastructure. This reach of the West Rosebud Creek and East Rosebud Creek valleys is defined by its early 21st-century agricultural water management, evidenced by numerous named ditches such as the Ross-Flannigan Ditch, Sylvester-Beasly Ditch, and Woodard Ditch. These waterways support the high-altitude ranching and farming operations that characterize the local economy.

Prominent landforms like Yancey Hill, Spring Creek Bench, and Coleman Bench rise above the drainage basins of Butcher Cr and Beaver Cr. The naming conventions of the roads, including Rosebud Cemetery Rd and Volney Creek Rd, along with family-named ditches like the Selleck-Scott Ditch and George-Dana Ditch, provide a record of local land ownership and the lineage of the settlers who engineered this high-plains environment.