1984 Map of Seven L Creek West

About this map

Naval Petroleum Reserve No 3 (Teapot Dome) sits at the northern edge of this high plains landscape in Natrona County. This specific area was the center of the infamous Teapot Dome scandal, and by the time of this mid-1980s survey, the terrain is marked by the industrial infrastructure of national energy production. The hydrology of the region is defined by intermittent drainages that carve through the arid topography, most notably Little Teapot Creek and East Teapot Creek, which flow southward toward the more expansive Seven L Creek. Further to the east, the landscape transitions into the watershed of Coopers Draw, illustrating the complex network of seasonal watercourses essential to land management and mineral extraction in the Wyoming basin.