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2017 Map of Soda Spring Coulee

Name: 2017 Topographic Map of Soda Spring Coulee
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2017
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2017

About this map

Everson Bench and Alton Bench dominate this portion of the Fergus County landscape, where the high plains are deeply incised by a series of drainage systems known locally as coulees. These erosional features, including Soda Spring Coulee, Blood Coulee, and Mossey Coulee, dictate the orientation of rural transit and land use. The topography is defined by the sharp transition from these flat-topped benches to the winding bottoms of Big Coulee and Black Butte Coulee.

Named roads such as Everson Rd and Wunderwald Rd follow the section lines and natural contours of the terrain, connecting isolated homesteads and grazing lands. In the northeast, the elevation rises toward the prominent landmark of Black Butte, while water sources like Soda Spring and Coffee Cr provide critical points of interest in an otherwise arid environment. This 2017 survey reflects the persistent grid of the Public Land Survey System over a rugged, natural geography.