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2017 Map of Rexburg

Name: 2017 Topographic Map of Rexburg
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2017
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2017

About this map

Rexburg serves as the bustling heart of this Snake River Valley landscape, dominated by the campus of Brigham Young University-Idaho and the surrounding irrigation network. The town's layout is defined by its proximity to the South Teton River and a sophisticated system of water management including the Rexburg Canal and City Of Rexburg Ditch. This reliance on water is visible throughout the quadrangle, where the Texas Slough and Island Ward Canal facilitate agriculture across the flatlands toward Burton and Thornton.

To the north, smaller settlements like Salem and Sugar City mark the transition toward more open agricultural terrain. Transportation and infrastructure are central to the area's identity, evidenced by the Rexburg-Madison County Airport and the corridor of S Railroad Ave. This 2017 survey details a region where modern educational and municipal growth exists alongside the historic canal systems that first enabled settlement in Madison County.