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2024 Map of Waterhole Creek

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

USGS Topo · Published 2024

About this map

The high plains along the Montana and North Dakota border are defined here by a network of drainage systems including Waterhole Creek and Buffalo Creek. This landscape in Fallon and Bowman counties reveals a pattern of modern land management alongside early rural markers. The Little Missouri National Grassland dominates the eastern portion of the map, preserving a significant stretch of the regional shortgrass prairie.

Evidence of local heritage is centered near the Fertile Prairie Cem, while more recent infrastructure is represented by Oilwell Rd and distinct trails such as Buffalo Jump Trl and Mink Trl. The map illustrates the convergence of four counties—Fallon in Montana, and Slope and Bowman in North Dakota—highlighting the importance of these watercourses like Corral Creek and Little Beaver Creek in an arid borderlands environment.