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2024 Map of Fish Lake

Name: 2024 Topographic Map of Fish Lake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2024
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2024

About this map

The Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness dominates this portion of the Idaho backcountry, where the borders of the Clearwater National Forest and Nez Perce National Forest meet. This 2024 survey captures a landscape defined by its alpine basins and high-elevation ridges, centered on the strategic Fish Lake/USFS Airport near the shores of Fish Lake. The presence of a remote airstrip alongside the Fish Lake Creek drainage highlights the logistical challenges of managing this interior forest land.

Water features are abundant throughout the high country, from Sponge Lake and Pollywog Lake in the northwest to Heslip Lake and Eagle Mountain Lake. Natural landmarks such as Wounded Doe Licks and Rhoda Point provide navigational reference points for those tracking the history of forest service activity and wilderness preservation in the region. The map also delineates drainage patterns for Boulder Creek, Rhoda Creek, and Wounded Doe Creek, tracing the headwaters that feed the larger river systems of the Nez Perce and Clearwater forests.