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2011 Map of Russian Flat

Name: 2011 Topographic Map of Russian Flat
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2011
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2011

About this map

The South Fork Judith River carves through this part of Judith Basin County, where the high-altitude landscape is defined by broad openings and mineral prospects. The southern portion of the sheet reveals a concentrated area of historic extraction near Basin Creek, featuring the Jumbo Mine, New Deal Mine, and the Lucky Boy Mine. These workings, along with unnamed sites like the SW NW Section 15 Mine, point to the region's enduring connection to small-scale mountain mining.

Open meadows and clearings such as Russian Flat, Willow Park, and Bear Park break up the timbered terrain, connected by a network of forest routes like Temperment and Dead Horse. Landmarks like Elephant Rock and the secluded Hidden Lake serve as primary anchors in this landscape, which balances recreational sites like the Basin Creek Campground with active resource management and geologic exploration.