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1987 Map of Thunder Gulch

Name: 1987 Topographic Map of Thunder Gulch
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1987
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1987

About this map

The high country of Targhee National Forest dominates the northern reaches of this Idaho landscape, where a series of drainages descend from the timbered heights into the Clark County basin. Thunder Gulch and Cottonwood Creek cut through the central terrain, tracing the transition from forested ridges to the open, arid flats below. Evidence of early water management appears in the south with the Patzick Ditch, reflecting the necessity of irrigation for sustaining life and agriculture in this environment.

While the northern terrain is defined by its natural forks—including Lava Creek, Salt Creek, and the West Fork—the southern section shows more human utility, centered around a local Well and the remote Hoolie Springs. This map records the late-twentieth-century state of this high-desert ranching and forest land, mapping the unimproved roads and trails that connect these isolated water sources.