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1938 Map of Badger Pocket

Name: 1938 Topographic Map of Badger Pocket
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1938
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1938

About this map

The Kittitas Valley is defined here by a sophisticated irrigation network during the late 1930s, featuring the Cascade Canal, Standard Canal, and a series of specialized ditches including the Turbine Ditch and Pump Ditch. This infrastructure supported the rural communities of Kittitas and East Kittitas, where local life centered around landmarks like Denmark Hall and the Badger Rocket Sch. The Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific railroad cuts through the valley, connecting small stops such as Regal and Renslow.

South of the agricultural flats, the terrain rises sharply toward the Boylston Mountains and the Yakima River canyon. In these uplands, resource extraction is marked by the Silica Mine, while the river corridor shows early hydrological monitoring at the Umtanum Gaging Sta. Scattered springs such as Sorenson Spring and Tendollar Spring suggest the importance of water access in the higher elevations for livestock or isolated homesteads.