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1969 Map of Howe

Name: 1969 Topographic Map of Howe
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1973
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1973

About this map

The Little Lost River Valley serves as the focal point of this Idaho survey, where the Little Lost River winds through a landscape defined by ranching infrastructure and high-desert terrain. The eastern edge of the Lost River Range rises sharply to the west, marked by significant elevations like Jumpoff Peak and deep incisions such as Horsethief Canyon and Jumpoff Canyon. This era shows the valley floor peppered with numerous irrigation wells and a complex network of Jeep Trails, indicating a landscape heavily utilized for water management and livestock movement.

Institutional presence is firmly established on the valley's borders, with the Challis National Forest occupying the high western ground and the National Reactor Testing Station appearing along the southeastern margin. Water control is evident near the north, where a Dam and Gaging Station monitor flows near the confluence with Warm Spr Cr. The map captures a moment when traditional land use in the shadow of the mountains met the expanding footprint of federal scientific and conservation interests.