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1981 Map of Ammon

Name: 1981 Topographic Map of Ammon
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1985
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1985

About this map

Ammon and the eastern outskirts of Idaho Falls are depicted during a period of residential and educational growth in the early 1980s. The map illustrates the suburban expansion eastward from the Union Pacific Railroad toward the rising elevations of the Sand Hills. Significant local institutions are documented, including the Eastern Idaho Vocational Technical School and Falls Valley Sch, alongside community landmarks such as the Iona Cemetery and Ammon Cemetery.

The landscape transitions sharply from the grid-iron streets and irrigation canals of the valley floor to the dissected drainage systems of Henry Creek, Rock Creek, and Hollow Creek. This rugged eastern half of the quadrangle, including the Euchre Valley and Galbraith Hill, is marked by numerous borrow pits and sandpits, reflecting the area's geological utility and the construction needs of the growing Idaho Falls metropolitan area.