Lava in southern Idaho

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Lava in southern Idaho

 

Lava field near Fairfield, Idaho

Lava field near Fairfield, Idaho

 

We were on SR-75 north of Shoshone, Idaho when we went through this lava field.

Between Shoshone and Haley, Idaho we drove through a really rugged lava field. As you can see the road had to be cut through this lava field. It is really nasty stuff.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lava rock near Snake River west of Burley, Idaho

Milner BLM area with Oregon Trail Ruts in Idaho

 

 

 

 

This is the typical landscape. Lava rock litters the landscape like weeds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Snake River cutting through lava rock west of Burley, Idaho

Snake River cutting through lava rock west of Burley, Idaho

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is the Snake River as it cuts a path through this extremely hard lava rock. The Oregon Trail passed by this very spot on the south side of the river.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Snake River cutting throug extremely hard lava rock in southern Idaho

Markers trace the Oregon Trail across Milner BLM property west of Burley, Idaho

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is a good example of the lava rock that must be 100 feet or more deep in this area. The picture was taken from the south bank of the Snake River in the Milner area where wagon trains on the Oregon Trail would surely have stopped for the night with cool clear water available.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lava Rocks lining irrigation canal from Minidoka Dam and Lake

Minidoka Dam and Lake

 

 

 

Lava rocks like these line many if not most of the irrigation canals in southern Idaho.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sage brush and lava rock in southern Idaho

Sage brush and lava rock in southern Idaho

 

 

 

It seems to me that winning a lottery and winning 160-acres of this would be like getting a lump of coal in your Christmas stocking.

I am saying that because that is what did happen in the early days of the west. If you won the lotery you won 160-acres of this.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Snake River Gorge as viewed from Hansen Bridge overlook in southern Idaho

Hansen Bridge over Snake River Gorge Idaho

 

 

 

Back in Burley 20-miles or so east of here there is no gorge. Gorges are created when the earth along existing flowing water begins to uplift. As the land uplifts water begins cutting through the hard rock. The gorge will get deeper and deeper as the uplift continues.

The gorge cut through solid lava is around 500' deep here and about 1/4 mile across. It took a lot of lava to achieve something like this.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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