2023 Map of Little Butte NW

About this map

The high desert plains of the Snake River Plain take center stage in this recent topographic study of the borderlands between Butte Co, Jefferson Co, and Bingham Co. The landscape is characterized by its sparse infrastructure, defined largely by the intersection of township and range lines and a handful of utilitarian roads. This territory remains a workspace of open range and volcanic geology, where the few established routes like E Monument Line Rd, Shell Rd, and Birch Creek Rd provide the primary access through the sagebrush and lava-flow terrain. The lack of concentrated settlements or named water bodies emphasizes the arid and undeveloped character of this portion of eastern Idaho in the early twenty-first century, serving as a clean record of modern land divisions and access points for researchers and land managers.