1971 Map of Moonlight Mtn

About this map

The Fort Hall Indian Reservation Boundary cuts a straight line across this 1971 survey of the Pocatello Range, separating the northern tribal lands from the complex topography of southeastern Idaho. The landscape is defined by the high elevations of Moonlight Mountain and Camelback Mountain, which overlook a network of seasonal water sources including Waterhouse Spring, Big Spring, and Snipe Spring. This area reflects a quiet resource-extraction history, visible in the Moonlight Mine and scattered prospect pits found along the Moonlight Creek drainage. To the north, the terrain transitions toward the drainage of the Ross Fork South Fork, where rural infrastructure like Smoke Road and Wheeler Road provided access to the high country. The abundance of named springs across these ridges suggests the critical importance of water management for local ranching and land use in this arid mountain environment during the early 1970s.