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2020 Map of Amber

Name: 2020 Topographic Map of Amber
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2020
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2020

About this map

Amber sits along the Columbia Plateau State Park Trail, a repurposed rail corridor that defines the transport history of this portion of Spokane County. The landscape is characterized by a series of prominent water bodies including Williams Lake, Badger Lake, and Alkali Lake, which follow a southwest-to-northeast orientation typical of the region's geological scouring.

Rural life is mapped through a network of family-named roads such as S Mullinix Rd, S Wagner Rd, and S Dover Rd, which link scattered farmsteads and agricultural holdings. The map also documents the boundary between Spokane Co and Whitman Co, where terrain transitions near Cherry Springs. This survey provides a precise accounting of land divisions and seasonal water features like Negro Cr and Juniper Cr as they appeared in the early 21st century.