1969 Map of Scott Butte

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Birch Creek Valley dominates this landscape in the late 1960s, serving as a geographic corridor between the high terrain of the Targhee National Forest and the industrial activity of the south. This area demonstrates a sharp contrast between natural resource management and atomic-era research, with the southern portion of the sheet occupied by the National Reactor Testing Station. The presence of the Reno Ditch and Birch Creek highlights the essential role of water engineering in this high-desert environment, while multiple canyons like Deadman Canyon and Peterson Canyon drain the eastern slopes toward the valley floor.