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1972 Map of Max

Name: 1972 Topographic Map of Max
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1976
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1976

About this map

The settlement of Max serves as a central point in this early 1970s survey of Minidoka County, situated within a highly engineered agricultural landscape. The region's development is defined by an extensive grid of irrigation infrastructure, including a prominent Aqueduct and the Main Drain, which transformed the arid terrain for cultivation. Near the center of the map, the Idaho Youth Ranch occupies a pocket of this rural landscape, bordered by numerous wells and storage bins that signify the local farming economy.

Transportation and commerce follow rigid lines, with the Union Pacific Railroad cutting diagonally across the southern half of the sheet. Natural water features like Rim Lake and German Lake contrast with the man-made elements such as the Landing Strip and various Borrow Pits. The map documents a period of stable agrarian life, where numbered county roads like 1100 North Road provide the primary framework for local movement and land division.