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1969 Map of Victor Peak

Name: 1969 Topographic Map of Victor Peak
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1992
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1992

About this map

The high alpine environment of the Payette National Forest dominates this 1969 survey of the Idaho backcountry. The landscape is defined by its verticality and water, centered on the Secesh Summit and the high point at Victor Peak. A complex network of drainage systems, including Twentymile Creek and the N Fk Payette R, feeds dozens of high-elevation basins such as Josephine Lake, Lake Rock Lake, and Deep Lake.

Logistics in this era relied heavily on historical travel corridors like the Warren Wagon Road and a sprawling system of Pack Trails that provided access to isolated resource points. Evidence of early land use is found at a Prospect on the eastern slopes of Diamond Ridge. The map also captures the administrative divide between Idaho County and Valley County, which zigzags through the drainages of Willow Basket Creek and Ruby Creek.