Mountain Home Irrigation District

Mountain Home Irrigation District (HM22XN)

Location: Mountain Home, ID 83647 Elmore County
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Country: United States of America
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N 43° 8.234', W 115° 39.808'

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The Town site of Mountain Home was chosen by the Union Pacific Railroad as a stop because of a readily available supply of water. The railroad utilized steam operated pumps in trench wells to fill storage tanks with this water in order to supply the needs of their thirsty steam locomotives. Today only area residents enjoy this refreshing water.
Efforts by early residents to build canals from nearby Canyon Creek to irrigate area lands proved ineffective. To deal with the problem the Mountain Reservoir and Canal Co. was formed in 1888. In 1891 an earthen dam constructed on Rattlesnake Creek became their first storage facility and was aptly named the Mountain Home Reservoir. As the need for more water grew, further expansion led to the construction of Long Tom Reservoir in 1906 and Little Camas Reservoir in 1908. Increases in the height of the reservoirs between 1902-1915 allow the District to currently supply 32,740 acre-feet of water to 4,400 acres of farmland around Mountain Home. In 1926 the company was renamed the Mountain Home Irrigation District.
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HM NumberHM22XN
Series This marker is part of the E Clampus Vitus series
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Placed ByPioneer Federal Credit Union; Mountain Home Historical Museum; The DIF-IT Committee and E Clampus Vitus, Chief Truckee Chapter #3691 Lewis and Clark Outpost #1805
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Date Added Thursday, November 16th, 2017 at 4:01pm PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)11T E 608696 N 4776921
Decimal Degrees43.13723333, -115.66346667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 43° 8.234', W 115° 39.808'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds43° 8' 14.04" N, 115° 39' 48.48" W
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Area Code(s)208
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling East
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 2900 American Legion Blvd, Mountain Home ID 83647, US
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