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1984 Map of Malad City

Name: 1984 Topographic Map of Malad City
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1984
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1984

About this map

Malad City serves as the central hub for this high-desert region of southeastern Idaho, situated at the junction of Interstate 15 and Idaho 38 in the mid-1980s. The landscape is defined by a series of north-south mountain ranges and valleys, including the Malad Range and the Pleasantview Hills, which separate the agricultural basins. The map reveals a network of small, established ranching and farming communities such as Samaria, Holbrook, and Arbon, many of which date back to the early settlement of the Oneida County area.

Water management is prominent throughout the Malad Valley, evidenced by the Devil Creek Reservoir and Weston Creek Reservoir, essential for sustaining life in this arid climate. To the west, the Curlew National Grassland dominates the terrain, while the eastern edge is marked by the Caribou National Forest and the tracks of the Union Pacific railroad, which follows the corridor through Downey and Swanlake.