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1986 Map of Yaple Bench

Name: 1986 Topographic Map of Yaple Bench
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1986
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1986

About this map

The Big Snowy Mountains dominate the northeastern reaches of this 1986 survey, marking the transition from the high prairie of Yaple Bench into the timbered slopes of the Lewis and Clark National Forest. The landscape is defined by a dense network of coulees and creeks that drain the mountain front, including the Ross Fork, Hyde Creek, and Timber Creek.

Evidence of modern land management and infrastructure appears in the lower elevations, where a long Pipeline corridor and a Pumping Sta cut across the drainage basins of Niel Creek and Blake Creek. This provisional study captures the boundary between Fergus and Wheatland counties, showing how the local topography, including distinctive landmarks like Castle Rocks, dictated the early paths of unimproved roads and rural access throughout this part of central Montana.