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2020 Map of Samaria

Name: 2020 Topographic Map of Samaria
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2020
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2020

About this map

Samaria serves as the primary settlement on this Idaho-Utah borderlands sheet, situated where the Malad Valley meets the rising terrain of the Samaria Mountains. The landscape is defined by its water management and agricultural heritage, featuring the Samaria Lake Canal and the natural flow of the Malad River and Samaria Cr. Numerous springs, including Thomas Davis Springs, Gibbs Spring, and Maple Hollow Spring, provided vital resources for early homesteads and ranching operations.

Canyons with family-associated names like Thomas Davis Canyon and Gardner Canyon cut through the western uplands, reflecting the history of local land use and resource extraction. The boundary between Oneida County, Idaho, and Box Elder County, Utah, runs along the southern edge of the map, illustrating the cross-border nature of this high-desert basin. Significant terrain features like North Canyon and Rosebud Canyon frame the valley's western reaches, providing a clear record of the area's geography as it appeared in 2020.