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1968 Map of Oakley

Name: 1968 Topographic Map of Oakley
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1979
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1979

About this map

The agricultural and water management infrastructure of southern Idaho is clearly defined in this late 1960s study, centered on the settlement of Oakley. The northern portion of the map shows a grid-based town plan featuring a HS, Cem, and a local Rodeo Ground, all supported by the Union Pacific railroad line. This civilization meets the high desert and mountain foothills to the south and west, where the Sawtooth National Forest boundary begins.

Water control is the dominant theme of the landscape, anchored by the Lower Goose Creek Reservoir and the massive Oakley Dam. An intricate network of gravity-fed systems, including a Canal, Aqueduct, and a Flume, illustrates how the region channeled runoff from Trapper Creek and Goose Creek to sustain the high-plateau farms. For the local historian, the map also captures smaller details like the Borrow Pit and isolated springs such as Cowboy Spring that dot the western canyons.