1968 Map of Howell

About this map

Blue Creek Valley serves as the central corridor for this rural landscape, showing a complex system of water management and agricultural infrastructure in the late 1960s. The settlement of Howell is defined by its corporate boundary and sits just south of the significant Blue Creek Reservoir, which is anchored by the Dejarnatt Dam. This area reveals the essential nature of water rights and irrigation in northern Utah, evidenced by the Canal and East Canal networks that trace the valley floor. To the east, the terrain rises sharply into the West Hills and Blue Springs Hills, where family-named landmarks like Wheatley Spring and the Indian Trail suggest a long history of local movement through the high ground. The presence of several borrow and gravel pits near Blue Ridge indicates local industrial activity supporting the developing road network of Box Elder County.