2013 Map of Buffalo Lake

About this map

Yellowstone National Park and the Targhee National Forest meet at a high-elevation boundary where the Idaho-Wyoming state line intersects the Fremont and Teton County borders. This 2013 survey of the Buffalo Lake area reveals a landscape defined by its hydrology, with drainage systems such as Boundary Creek, Cascade Creek, and Little Robinson Creek carving through the volcanic highlands. The Madison Plateau dominates the northeastern corner, providing a stark geographic contrast to the prominent rise of Snow Creek Butte in the southwest. The presence of numerous unnamed survey markers (PB 37 through PB 42) indicates the systematic management of this wilderness interface. Remote and largely undeveloped, the terrain shows the intricate network of headwaters for the South Fork Partridge Creek and North Fork Partridge Creek, illustrating the source waters that feed the region’s larger river systems.