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1965 Map of Wagner

Name: 1965 Topographic Map of Wagner
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1969
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1969

About this map

The Milk River meanders through this portion of Phillips County, defining a landscape shaped by early 20th-century irrigation efforts and transcontinental transport. The settlement of Wagner sits along the Great Northern railroad line, serving as a focal point for the surrounding ranching and farming community. Evidence of the Bureau of Reclamation's Milk River Project is prominent here, with the Dodson North Canal and Dodson South Canal flanking the river valley to distribute water across the arid plains.

Education and local travel are centered around the South Wagner Sch, while the historic Lewis and Clark Trail follows the northern heights above the river. The terrain transitions from the fertile river bottom to the dissected uplands of the North Fork Halfway Coulee, where numerous Gravel Pits and well sites reflect the localized extraction and water management essential to life in the Missouri River Basin.