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2011 Map of Sheep Falls

Name: 2011 Topographic Map of Sheep Falls
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2011
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2011

About this map

Fall River carves through the center of this Teton County landscape, where the waters of Boone Creek and Squirrel Creek join the drainage system. This high-country region is defined by a network of seasonal water sources and meadowlands, including the wide expanses of Putney Meadows and Squirrel Meadows. Human activity in this portion of the Forest Service lands is marked by water management and cattle ranching infrastructure, evidenced by the Indian Lake Dam and the Granite Creek Cow Camp.

Resource management and recreational access are facilitated by a series of primitive routes like the Jackass Meadows Rd and Steele Lake Rd. The map reveals the placement of the namesake Sheep Falls and several remote bodies of water such as Steele Lake and Bergman Reservoir. These features, along with landmarks like Elk Point, highlight the area's role as a managed wilderness area where irrigation and ranching history overlap with the natural geography of the Wyoming and Idaho borderlands.