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1967 Map of Black Butte Dam

Name: 1967 Topographic Map of Black Butte Dam
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1977
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1977

About this map

Stony Creek Irrigation Canal and its associated water management infrastructure dominate this section of the Sacramento Valley borderlands. The landscape reflects the engineering efforts of the Black Butte Dam Project Headquarters, showing Black Butte Lake at its full spillway elevation and the primary Black Butte Dam structure. The transition from the alluvial plains of the east to the rising Orland Buttes in the west is marked by a network of drainage creeks, including Burch Creek and Sehorn Creek, which feed into the central reservoir.

Evidence of early local settlement and land use remains visible through features like the Graves Cem near the small community of Hambright. Significant recreational development is captured here as well, with the established Buckhorn Recreation Area, Eagle Pass Recreation Area, and Orland Buttes Recreation Area providing public access points along the shoreline. These developments illustrate the shift from a purely agricultural and ranching economy toward one that integrated water storage and federal land management by the late 1960s.