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2020 Map of Bowden Waterhole

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

USGS Topo · Published 2020

About this map

Bowden Waterhole and the Ninety Five Reservoir serve as critical water landmarks in this remote high-desert corridor of Malheur County. The landscape is defined by a network of drainage systems including Oregon Canyon Cr, Jackson Cr, and Jaca Cr, which carve through the terrain near the Blue Mountain Draw.

Remote ranching infrastructure is evident through the naming of access routes such as Echave Ranch Rd and Battle Creek Ranch Rd. These tracks, along with McDermitt Rd and Cleto Rd, illustrate the long-standing livestock and land-management patterns typical of the Oregon-Nevada borderlands. The presence of Burro Spring further highlights the essential nature of isolated water sources for both wildlife and the region's agricultural history.