2010 Map of Circular Butte NW

About this map

Birch Creek flows through the southwestern corner of this high desert landscape in Jefferson County, which is defined by its austere topography and sparse network of service roads. The map captures a transition between the open sagebrush steppe and the early twentieth-century infrastructure of the region. Diagonal and rectilinear routes such as Cutoff Rd, E 2300 N, and 2400n crisscross the terrain, suggesting a landscape managed for agricultural access and utility. This 2010 survey provides a clean view of the northern Snake River Plain's character, where the intersection of hydrology and desert transport routes remains the primary footprint of human presence.