Steamboat Project

Final Environmental Impact Statement

Appendix A

Maps
CUSTER

MEADE

BUTTE

PENNINGTON

LAWRENCE

FALL RIVER

Spearfish

Sturgis

Deadwood

Box Elder

Keystone

Hot Springs

Custer

Belle Fourche

Newell

Hill City

Fairburn

Whitewood

Hermosa

Fruitdale

Pringle

Nisland

Buffalo Gap

Rapid City I- 90

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US Hwy 385

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SD Hwy 34

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Map 1 - Steamboat Project Area Vicinity

Main Roads

Steamboat Project Area

Black Hills National Forest

Ranger Districts

Bearlodge

Hell Canyon

Mystic

Northern Hills

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Upper Little Elk

Stagebarn Canyon

Boxelder-Erskine

Boxelder-Wilson

Estes Creek

Boxelder-Doty

Elk-Priest Canyon

Lower Stagebarn Canyon

Erskine

Gulch

Boxelder Creek

Chimney Canyon

Priest Canyon

Stagebarn Canyon

Little El k

Creek

Waite Gulch

Little Elk Creek

Waite Gulch

Little Elk Creek

Little E lk Cree k

Boxelder Creek

Boxelder Creek

Boxelder Creek

Stagebarn

Canyon

Little Elk Creek

Boxelder Creek

Stagebarn Canyon

Erskine

Gulch

Boxelder Creek

Stagebarn Canyon

Map 2 - Steamboat Project Area Watersheds

Project Area Boundary

Streams

7th Level Watersheds

Boxelder-Doty

Boxelder-Erskine

Boxelder-Wilson

Elk-Priest Canyon

Estes Creek

Lower Stagebarn Canyon

Stagebarn Canyon

Upper Little Elk

0 0.5 1 2 3

MilesÜ
Map 3 - Steamboat Project Area Management Areas

Project Area Boundary

Private Land

Management Area

5.4 - Big Game Winter Range

0 0.5 1 2 3

MilesÜ
Map 4 - Steamboat Project Area Cover Type

Project Area Boundary

Private Land

Cover Type

Grass

Aspen

Bur Oak

Ponderosa Pine

White Spruce

0 0.5 1 2 3

MilesÜ
Map 5 - Alternative B Vegetation Treatments

Project Area Boundary

Private Land

Alternative B

Commercial Aspen/Birch Enhancement

Aspen/Birch Enhancement

Commercial Meadow Enhancement

Meadow Enhancement

Commercial Thin

Group Selection

Individual Tree Selection

Overstory Removal

Patch Clearcut

Non-commercial Thin

Product-other-than-log

Shelterwood Cut

Understory Thin

0 0.5 1 2 3

MilesÜ
Map 6 - Alternative B Road Network

Project Area Boundary

Private Land

Alternative B

Highway

New Construction

Conversion

Maintenance

Use As Is

0 0.5 1 2 3

MilesÜ
Map 7 - Alternative C Vegetation Treatments

Project Area Boundary

Private Land

Alternative C

Commercial Aspen/Birch Enhancement

Aspen/Birch Enhancement

Commercial Meadow Enhancement

Meadow Enhancement

Commercial Thin

Group Selection

Individual Tree Selection

Overstory Removal

OSR/Planting

OSR/Reserves

Patch Clearcut

Non-commercial Thin

Product-other-than-log

Planting

Shelterwood Cut

Understory Thin

0 0.5 1 2 3

MilesÜ
Map 8 - Alternative C Road Network

Project Area Boundary

Private Land

Alternative C

Highway

New Construction

New Convert

Maintenance

Use As Is

0 0.5 1 2 3

MilesÜ
Map 9 - Alternative D Vegetation Treatments

Project Area Boundary

Private Land

Alternative D

Commercial Aspen/Birch Enhancement

Aspen/Birch Enhancement

Commercial Meadow Enhancement

Meadow Enhancement

Commercial Thin

Group Selection

Individual Tree Selection

Overstory Removal

Patch Clearcut

Non-commercial Thin

Product-other-than-log

Shelterwood Cut

Understory Thin

0 0.5 1 2 3

MilesÜ
Map 10 - Alternative D Road Network

Project Area Boundary

Private Land

Alternative D

Highway

New Convert

Maintenance

Use As Is

0 0.5 1 2 3

MilesÜ
Map 11 - Existing Fire Hazard

Project Area Boundary

Fire Hazard Rating

Very High

High

Medium

Low

Private Land

0 0.5 1 2 3

MilesÜ
Map 12 - Post-Treatment Fire Hazard

Project Area Boundary

Private Land

Alternative B

Fire Hazard Rating

Very High

High

Medium

Low

0 0.5 1 2 3

MilesÜ
Map 13 - Post-Treatment Fire Hazard

Project Area Boundary

Private Land

Alternative C

Fire Hazard Rating

Very High

High

Medium

Low

0 0.5 1 2 3

MilesÜ
Map 14 - Post-Treatment Fire Hazard

Project Area Boundary

Private Land

Alternative D

Fire Hazard Rating

Very High

High

Medium

Low

0 0.5 1 2 3

MilesÜ
Map 15 - Existing Insect Risk

Project Area Boundary

Private Land

Insect Risk Rating

High

Medium

Low

0 0.5 1 2 3

MilesÜ
Map 16 - Post-Treatment Insect Risk

Project Area Boundary

Private Land

Alternative B

Insect Risk Rating

High

Medium

Low

0 0.5 1 2 3

MilesÜ
Map 17 - Post-Treatment Insect Risk

Project Area Boundary

Private Land

Alternative C

Insect Risk Rating

High

Medium

Low

0 0.5 1 2 3

MilesÜ
Map 18 - Post-Treatment Insect Risk

Project Area Boundary

Private Land

Alternative D

Insect Risk Rating

High

Medium

Low

0 0.5 1 2 3

MilesÜ
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Piedmont

Meade

Pennington

Lawrence

Pennington

Meade

Lawrence

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Map 19 - Prescribed Fire (All Action Alternatives)

Steamboat Boundary

Private Land

Prescribed Fire

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