Map of Harrison, Idaho by USGS, 1996 – Lake Coeur d'Alene, Chatcolet Lake & Hayburn State Park

Published in 1999 using survey data from 1996, the U.S. Geological Survey’s “Harrison” presents a finely detailed topographic portrait of one of northern Idaho’s most evocative lake districts. At a 1:24,000 scale, the map brings Harrison and its surrounding landscape into sharp relief, balancing the precision of federal scientific cartography with the quiet drama of a terrain shaped by water, forest, and slope. Lake Coeur d’Alene anchors the composition, its irregular shoreline, bays, and adjoining waters rendered against a carefully contoured upland setting. The result is a map that captures not merely a town, but a moment in the evolving relationship between settlement, recreation, conservation, and the natural resources of the Idaho Panhandle.

Harrison itself occupies a historically significant position on the southeastern reaches of Lake Coeur d’Alene, a setting long tied to transportation, timber, mining, and lake commerce. The map records the town within a broader network of shorelines, creeks, roads, and rural terrain, giving visual structure to a place whose identity has always depended on movement between water and land. Nearby Five Mile Creek, Mud Bay, McMillan Lake, Anderson Lake, and Chatcolet Lake enrich the scene with hydrological complexity, showing how the region’s communities developed among interconnected waterways. The contour lines surrounding Harrison reveal the hilly character of the landscape, with elevations rising and falling in patterns that help explain settlement, access routes, and the enduring appeal of the lakeside setting.

The U.S. Geological Survey, producer of this map, has long been one of America’s most trusted cartographic institutions. Founded in the nineteenth century to classify public lands and assess natural resources, the USGS became synonymous with rigorous topographic mapping, transforming complex terrain into legible, standardized visual information. In “Harrison,” that tradition is evident in the disciplined use of contour intervals, hydrographic coloring, road symbols, and place names. Such maps were indispensable to engineers, land managers, hikers, emergency planners, conservationists, and local governments. They provided a shared geographic language at a time when environmental management, recreation planning, and development pressures increasingly required precise knowledge of watersheds, slopes, wetlands, and human infrastructure.

One of the map’s most compelling features is its depiction of the Coeur d’Alene Indian Reservation, situating Harrison within a deeper cultural and territorial history. The reservation landscape surrounding the southern end of Lake Coeur d’Alene reflects the enduring presence of the Coeur d’Alene people, whose relationship with the lake and surrounding country long predates Euro-American settlement. The mapped boundaries and place names point to layered histories of Indigenous stewardship, federal policy, resource extraction, and changing land use. Nearby Hayburn State Park, one of the notable landmarks shown, adds another dimension: the preservation of scenic shoreline, forested hills, and lake access within a region otherwise marked by economic transformation and expanding recreational interest.

As a historical document, the 1996/1999 “Harrison” map preserves northern Idaho at a revealing late-twentieth-century moment. Its roads, trails, water features, and settlement patterns offer a snapshot before subsequent decades of growth, conservation initiatives, shoreline development, and shifting recreational use reshaped parts of the region. The careful topographic design allows the viewer to read the land as both practical geography and historical evidence: hills descending toward lakes, creeks feeding bays, parks protecting prized shorelines, and communities arranged around routes of access. For collectors, the map’s appeal lies in this union of scientific exactitude and regional character, capturing Harrison and its lake country with the clarity, restraint, and authority characteristic of the finest USGS mapping.

Cities, towns and places on this map

• Harrison, Idaho
• Coeur d'Alene Indian Reservation
• Lake Coeur d'Alene
• Anderson Lake
• Hayburn State Park
• Five Mile Creek
• Mud Bay
• McMillan Lake
• Chatcolet Lake
• Water bodies and tributaries
• Nearby roadways and trails

Historical context & cartographic details

• Produced by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
• Historical 1:24,000 topographical map of Harrison, Idaho and the surrounding area
• Based on survey data from 1996 and published with a 1999 imprint
• Features contour lines showing elevation change and hilly terrain around Harrison
• Shows coastal and shoreline features of nearby lakes
• Uses clear land and water delineation for navigation and geographic interpretation
• Reflects land use, natural resources, population distribution, and environmental conservation context at the time of publication
• Demonstrates USGS cartographic standards for reliable scientific and topographic mapping

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