2017 Map of Pillar Butte NE

About this map

Pleasant Valley and the surrounding high desert of Bingham and Power counties are captured here in a period of modern ranching and rural navigation. The landscape is defined by vast, open tracts and subtle topographic variations such as Flat Top in the north and the distinct depression of Winters Blowout in the west. This territory is knit together by an extensive network of namesake rural routes, including Schultz Rd, Dyer Rd, and Gambill Rd, which likely indicate the early settling families and landowners who established the local agricultural footprint. The intersection of Desert Rd and Schritter Rd serves as a central artery for the sparse developments throughout the quadrangle. For those studying the evolution of land use in Idaho’s Snake River Plain, the grid system of secondary roads like Homestead Rd and Miller Bauer Rd reveals the persistent structure of 20th-century homesteading and local transport long after the initial frontier era.