2023 Map of Shoshone SE

About this map

The Milner Gooding Canal snakes through this high desert agricultural landscape along the border of Lincoln and Jerome Counties. This map documents a modern irrigation network that is vital to the region's agricultural economy, showing the complex system of secondary channels like Lateral 702A3. The terrain is defined by the rigid grid of the Public Land Survey System, with roads like Messervy Rd and Martin Rd following section lines across the basalt-strewn plains. The presence of Red Bridge Rd suggests localized infrastructure tailored to the undulating topography of the Snake River Plain. For researchers, the map provides a contemporary view of land use and water management in a part of Idaho where the desert has been methodically transformed into productive acreage through engineered waterways.