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1972 Map of Twentymile Butte

Name: 1972 Topographic Map of Twentymile Butte
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1975
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1975

About this map

Wild Horse Creek snakes through the high plains of Campbell County, carving a corridor for the Burlington Northern railroad in the early 1970s. This land, mapped as part of the Department of the Interior's Missouri River Basin development program, is defined by an intricate network of drainage draws and intermittent streams such as Mooney Draw and Barker Draw. The small settlement of Felix and the rail-stop at Echeta anchor the human geography, while landmarks like Twentymile Butte provide vertical orientation in a landscape shaped by erosion.

Evidence of resource exploration and water management appears throughout the sheet, including a Flowing Well in the north and various Drill Hole sites. These features, along with names like Twentymile Spring, reveal the essential reliance on groundwater in this semiarid environment. The presence of the Burlington Northern Road underscores the importance of the rail line as the primary infrastructure connecting these remote Wyoming outposts.