Murtaugh Idaho Map

About Murtaugh, Idaho

Murtaugh is a locality in Twin Falls County, Idaho, United States. It is a small community with a population of 114. The population density is 195.6 people per km². Murtaugh is located at 42.4924°N, 114.1623°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Boise) timezone. Murtaugh is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 83344.

Murtaugh stretches across a high, arid expanse where the horizon pulls tight against the sky, defined by the stark, volcanic character of the Idaho plains. It lies 16.0 miles east-southeast of Twin Falls, ID (from Twin Falls, ID: bearing 108°T), and is situated 19.1 miles west of Burley. Dry Creek carves a shallow, intermittent path through the sagebrush and bunchgrass, its presence felt more in the subtle dip of the topography than in the rush of water. To the west, the silhouette of Hansen Butte rises as a solitary, basalt sentinel, anchoring a landscape where the light at dusk turns the dusty earth into a bruised, metallic gold. Beyond the immediate fields, the vast, distant reaches of Antelope Valley suggest a geography of long, silent distances, while the Sikes Act Wildlife Habitat Area provides a quiet sanctuary for the creatures that favor this austere, open country.

Agriculture remains the pulse of Murtaugh, with irrigation lines drawing a precise, geometric order over the soil to sustain the crops that define the regional economy. The nearby Murtaugh Lake offers a stillness that mirrors the quiet, deliberate pace of life here, where the seasons are marked by the harvest and the biting clarity of the winter air. History is etched into the fence lines and the weathered architecture of the local structures, standing as quiet evidence of those who arrived to cultivate this challenging, windswept terrain. In Murtaugh, the day ends not with fanfare, but with the steady, cooling relief of the mountain wind, leaving the land to settle into the indigo shadows that stretch out from the distant, unseen peaks.

About This Murtaugh Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Murtaugh, Idaho. Coordinates: 42.492414, -114.162251. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Murtaugh includes the ZIP code (83344), telephone area code (208), county seat of Twin Falls County (Twin Falls), and school district assignment (Murtaugh Joint School District 418).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.