2017 Map of Adams

About this map

Adams serves as the central hub of this agricultural landscape in Umatilla County, where the town grid is defined by streets like College St and William St. The surrounding terrain is a complex network of drainages and flatlands essential to the region's dryland farming legacy, including the broad Gerking Flat and the deep incision of Waterman Gulch. Water management is evident through the winding paths of Wildhorse Cr and Greasewood Cr, which dictate the placement of rural infrastructure. For those tracing local history, the Athena Cem sits on the eastern edge of the quadrangle near Athena Cemetery Rd. The map also details numerous family-named routes and geographical landmarks such as Sand Hollow and Spring Hollow, illustrating how the early twentieth-century rural road network evolved to support the wheat-growing plateaus of eastern Oregon.