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1967 Map of Spring Creek Ranch

Name: 1967 Topographic Map of Spring Creek Ranch
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1978
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1978

About this map

Spring Creek Ranch and the surrounding rangelands of Big Horn County are documented here during a period of mid-century land management. The geography is defined by a dense network of coulees and draws, where water sources like Fritzler Spring and Coutee Spring were critical for livestock and remote habitations. The Crow Indian Reservation Boundary runs along the eastern portion of the sheet, marking a significant legal and cultural division in the landscape.

Infrastructure in this quiet corner of Montana remains sparse, centered on the Commissary Springs area and a single Landing Strip north of Cache Creek. The drainage patterns of Little Corral Creek and the North Fork Indian Creek illustrate the natural erosion of the plateau, while the Upper Indian Creek Reservoir and Lower Indian Creek Reservoir indicate efforts to manage water for ranching in an arid environment.