Loading map...

1947 Map of Little Valley

Name: 1947 Topographic Map of Little Valley
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1948
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1948

About this map

Little Valley in Owyhee County appears here in the late 1940s, defined by the essential infrastructure of desert ranching and water management. The map illustrates a high-desert landscape dependent on groundwater, featuring numerous Artesian Wells and the Benham Canal which directs flow through the arid terrain. Arid drainage patterns are carved by Halfway Gulch and the converging forks of Big Jacks Creek, Little Jacks Creek, and Jacks Creek.

Signs of early 20th-century exploration and resource extraction are evident with an Abandoned mine and a Prospect located in the southeastern reaches of the quadrangle. Transportation is limited to a few primitive routes such as Shoofly Road, which cuts across the western portion of the sheet. This survey provides a precise look at the geography of this Idaho range country before modern development, marking several survey benchmarks like Vabm 3048 that served as the primary coordinates for this remote territory.