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Idaho County Highpoints
by Andy Martin
Hiking the US state high points is a popular activity, and naturally leads to considering the next level of detail, the 3,140+ county high points. During the 1990's lists were prepared that locate these points, based on the USGS 7.5' maps. The County High Points book by Andy Martin, oldadit@iname.com, includes all these lists.
Hiking the counties of different western states - AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA, and WY - makes an interesting goal, and Idaho proved to be a challenge. The Idaho County High Point List was finally completed on Labor Day of 2001 by Ken Jones and Bob Packard. This leaves Montana as the only uncompleted western state.
Routes up most named ID county peaks are given in Idaho: A Climbing Guide by Tom Lopez. Trip reports and topo map links for the counties are found at http://cohp.org/id/idaho.html

HIGH POINTS OF THE 44 COUNTIES OF IDAHO
Compiled by Andy Martin. Average elevation is 8,289' (364,705' / 44).
COUNTY HIGH POINT ELEV. LOCATION USGS 7.5' MAP
Custer
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Mount Borah
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12,662
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6- 9N-23E
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Borah Peak
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Butte
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Diamond Peak
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12,197
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2- 9N-28E
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Diamond Peak
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Blaine
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Hyndman Peak
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12,009
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?- 5N-19/20E
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Hyndman Peak
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Lemhi
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Bell Mountain
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11,612
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36-11N-27E
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Bell Mountain
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Clark
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2 pts E of Webber Pk
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11,200+
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33-12N-31E
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Scott Peak
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Boise
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Mount Cramer
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10,716
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19- 8N-13E
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Mount Cramer
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Elmore
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Snowyside Peak
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10,651
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?- 7N-13E
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Snowyside Peak
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Freemont
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3 points on state line
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10,400+
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?-16N-43E
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Targhee Peak
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Camas
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spot elevation
Note: Field observations indicate nearby contour 10,360+ does not exist
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10,337+
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?-6?N-15E
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Galena
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Cassia
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Cache Peak
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10,339
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21-14S-24E
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Cache Peak
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Bonneville
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Mount Baird
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10,025
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5- 1S-46E
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Mount Baird
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Bear Lake & Caribou
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Meade Peak
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9,957
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1-11S-44E
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Meade Peak
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Valley
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Big Baldy
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9,705
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26-17N-10E
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Big Baldy
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Franklin
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spot elevation
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9,484
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29-15S-42E
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Egan Basin
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Idaho
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unnamed point
Note: Point is located 1900' northwest of Bare Peak.
He Devil
She Devil
Note: He Devil and She Devil are very close in elevation.
They are almost surely lower than point 9,439
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9,439
9,400
9,400+
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7-29N-17E
23-23N- 2W
23-23N- 2W
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Mt. Jerusalem
He Devil
He Devil
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Oneida
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Oxford Peak
Note: an unnamed point over 9,280' lies 900' south of Oxford Peak
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9,282
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26-13S-37E
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Oxford
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Bannock
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Bonneville Peak
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9,271
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33- 7S-37E
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Bonneville Peak
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Teton
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Garns Mountain
Piney Peak
Oliver Peak
Note: An unnamed area of 8,960' to 9,039' lies 4000' south of Oliver peak in sections 8 and 17 of 2N-46E.
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9,016
9,000+
9,004
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24- 4N-43E
35- 4N-43E
8- 2N-46E
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Garns Mountain
Garns Mountain
Victor
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Adams
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Monument Peak
Note: An 8,933' spot elev. lies 4600' south of Monument Peak in section 26-22N- 2W. It is lower than Monument Peak.
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8,920+
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22-22N- 2W
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Purgatory Saddle
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Power
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Deep Creek Peak
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8,748
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13-11S-32E
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Deep Creek Peak
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Owyhee
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Hayden Peak
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8,403
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23- 5S- 3W
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Cinnabar Mtn.
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Madison
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Red Butte
Note: Two unnamed points over 8,080' lie near Red Butte.
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8,108
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20- 4N-43E
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Temple Peak
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Clearwater
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Rhoades Peak
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7,930
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35-39N-13E
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Rhoades Peak
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Gem
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spot elevation
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7,921
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1-13N- 2E
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Tripod Peak
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Washington
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Cuddy Mountain
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7,867
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35-17N- 4W
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Cuddy Mountain
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Twin Falls
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2 unnamed points
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7,840+
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27/34-16S-12E
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Curtis Draw
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Boundary
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unnamed point
Note: An unnamed point 3200' feet NE of this one is over 7,680'.
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7,709
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2-63N- 2W
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Pyramid Peak
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Shoshone
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Illinois Peak
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7,690
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33-43N-11E
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Illinois Peak
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Bingham
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USGS BM Blackfoot
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7,550
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34- 2S-39E
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Poison Creek
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Bonner
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Scotchman Peak
Note: Two points 7,000+ lie 100' and 1000' NE of Scotchman Peak.
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7,009
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21-56N- 3E
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Scotchman Peak
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Jefferson
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spot elevation
Note: This point is on Kelly Mtn. A nearby area is over 6,660'.
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6,664
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33- 4N-41E
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Heise
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Kootenai
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Latour Peak
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6,408
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8-47N- 1E
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Twin Crags
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Gooding
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on North county line
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6,360+
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4- 3S-13E
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Davis Mountain
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Benewah
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unnamed area
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6,160+
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20-47N- 1E
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Twin Crags
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Ada
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unnamed area
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6,000+
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22- 4N- 3E
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Robie Creek
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Lincoln
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unnamed point
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5,950
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3- 3S-16E
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Thorn Creek Res.
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Nez Perce
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unnamed area
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5,360+
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29-32N- 4W
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Frye Point
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Latah
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Bald Mountain
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5,320+
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34-43N- 2W
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Emida
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Minidoka
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Bear Den Butte
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5,104
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8- 3S-25E
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Bear Den Butte
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Lewis
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spot elevation
Note: Two points 4,780+ lie about 800' NE of spot elevation 4,795'.
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4,795
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23-32N- 3W
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Hoover Point
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Payette
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spot elevation
Note: Two points 4,760+ lie on the east border of Section 4-9N-1W.
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4,763
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4- 9N- 1W
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Coonrod Gulch
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Jerome
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on east county line
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4,760+-
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1- 8S-21E
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Kimama Butte
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Canyon
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Pickles Butte
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3,084
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21- 2N- 3W
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Givens Hot Sprs.
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