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2005 Map of Paris

Name: 2005 Topographic Map of Paris
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2007
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2007

About this map

Paris and Bloomington sit at the western edge of the Bear Lake Valley, where the steep drainages of the Cache National Forest meet the agricultural lowlands. The landscape is defined by the transition from high-elevation canyon systems like Sleight Canyon and Paris Canyon to the managed water resources on the valley floor. Evidence of early 21st-century local infrastructure is present, including the Powerplant on Paris Creek and a Gaging Station along Bloomington Creek.

Educational and civic life are centered in these small communities, represented by the Bear Lake HS and Emerson Sch in Paris, as well as the nearby Rodeo Grounds. Higher in the forest, the map documents a history of resource extraction and natural features, from the Boulder Mine and Clark Mine to the prominent Paris Spring. The network of hollows—named numerically from First Hollow to Fourth Hollow—illustrates the systematic geographic naming used by foresters and early settlers in this part of Idaho.