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1963 Map of White Bird Hill

Name: 1963 Topographic Map of White Bird Hill
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1982
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1982

About this map

White Bird Hill dominates this Idaho County landscape, a prominent ridge marked by steep canyons and family-named draws. The 1963 survey, updated with 1981 revisions, documents the high-altitude terrain north of the Salmon River where the Nez Perce National Forest boundary cuts across complex drainage systems. Named features like Harrison Johnson Draw and Jimmie Thompson Draw suggest a history of local land use and homesteading in an area defined by significant elevation changes.

Logistical and communication markers of the era are visible at the White Bird Hill Summit Radio Facility and the nearby Bald Radio Facility. The map captures the specialized topography of the region, from the high Poe Saddle to the distinct grazing or timber lands of Burnt Flats and Service Flats. Waterways such as the North Fork White Bird Creek and South Fork White Bird Creek carve deep into the ridges, illustrating the hydraulic patterns of this part of the Clearwater Mountains.