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1951 Map of Sheets Flat

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of Sheets Flat
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1953
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1953

About this map

Greybull River irrigation efforts define this 1951 survey of Park County, Wyoming, conducted as part of the Department of the Interior's Missouri River Basin development program. The landscape reveals a complex network of water management features essential for ranching, including the Keystone Ditch, Rankin Ditch, and Innerfield Ditch, alongside numerous flumes and the Mc Gee Res.

Settlement is sparse but intentional, centered around the YU Ranch and family sites like Snyders House. The presence of the Sheets Flat School at the edge of the eponymous Sheets Flat suggests a once-active rural community hub. To the south, the terrain becomes increasingly complex as McGee Gulch and Blackstone Gulch descend from the heights of Tatman Mountain, while the Burlington-Meeteetse Road serves as the primary artery through the valley.