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2014 Map of Bassett Junction

Name: 2014 Topographic Map of Bassett Junction
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2014
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2014

About this map

Bassett Junction stands as a central point in this Washington state landscape, where the agricultural grid of Grant County meets the engineered water systems of the Columbia Basin. The map detail highlights an intricate network of irrigation and drainage infrastructure, most notably the Weber Br Syphon and the Weber Wasteway, which manage water flow through the natural depression of Weber Coulee. This intersection of natural terrain and human engineering is further evidenced by the Carnation Waste Pond Number Five in the northern portion of the survey.

Small settlements such as Tiflis, Atwood, and Ritell are dispersed across the township lines of t18n r30e and t19n r29e, connected by a rigid system of numbered roads including Road 3 SE and Road 1 SE. These locales, alongside Barham and Laing, illustrate the rural settlement patterns common to the high desert plains, where life is organized around the essential movement of water and the accessibility of transport corridors like the east-west Interstate 90.