Portage sits at the northeastern edge of this northern Utah landscape, where the residential grid meets the rising slopes of the West Hills. The terrain is defined by a series of deep drainage networks, including Middle Canyon, Portage Canyon, and Broad Canyon, which carve through the high ground south of the Idaho border. These canyons provide a clear look at the physical geography that dictated early settlement patterns in Box Elder County, keeping the primary town site and the Portage Cem tucked against the valley floor while the western interior remains an expanse of named peaks and hollows.
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1954 · Pocatello
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1954 · Brigham City
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1958 · Pocatello
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1958 · Brigham City
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1962 · Brigham City
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1964 · Riverside
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1964 · Portage
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1968 · Grover Canyon
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1968 · Samaria
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1968 · Henderson Creek
USGS Topo · 1:24,000