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2024 Map of Wallum

Name: 2024 Topographic Map of Wallum
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2024
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2024

About this map

Swimming Woman Creek meanders through this section of Golden Valley County, creating a distinctive drainage pattern across the central plains of Montana. The landscape is defined by its wide open drainage basins, where Alkali Creek and Careless Creek cut through the terrain, establishing the natural boundaries for rural land use. The Public Land Survey System grid organizes the territory, with the junctions of Township 8 North and Ranges 19 and 20 East providing the primary structural framework for the area.

Local transportation is facilitated by a network of gravel and improved roads that follow the section lines, such as Hedgesville Rd and Rothiemay Rd. These routes, along with Wallum Rd and Jessie Rd, connect the isolated ranching properties and homesteads characteristic of this Montana interior. The proximity of these waterways to named routes like Siegel Rd and Pirrie Ln highlights the traditional relationship between water access and high-plains settlement patterns.