2020 Map of Russell Gulch

About this map

Lake Basin sits at the northern edge of this Montana landscape, where the open high plains of Sweet Grass County meet the Stillwater County line. The terrain is defined by a dense network of intermittent drainages and named coulees, including Russell Gulch and Hoppy Gulch, which feed into larger watercourses like Middle Cr and Whitney Cr. The map reveals a land divided by township and range lines, reflecting the early 20th-century homesteading patterns that established the local road network. Remote section-line roads such as Phipps Rd, Gibson Rd, and Springtime Rd connect isolated ranching tracts. In the southern half, the land descends toward the E White Beaver Cr and Gurney Gulch drainage systems, showing the complex hydrology of the eastern Montana rangelands.