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2020 Map of Burnt Mountain

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

USGS Topo · Published 2020

About this map

Calapooya Divide serves as a prominent geographic spine in this region of the Pacific Northwest, marking the boundary where the drainage basins of the Willamette and Umpqua rivers diverge. The high-elevation terrain is defined by a network of peaks and ridges, including Burnt Mtn, Marion Butte, and the striking Pilot Rock. This landscape is heavily shaped by its hydrology, with numerous seasonal and perennial sources such as Huckleberry Spring and Twin Cedars Spring Sp feeding into named waterways like Mosby Cr and Big River.

Resource management and forestry access dominate the human footprint, evidenced by an extensive system of Bureau of Land Management routes like Edwards Creek Rd and the historical corridor of Bohemia Rd. These paths wind through notable clearings and high-country landmarks such as Lower Elk Meadows and Shirley Gap. The small settlement at Cougar Bend provides a rare point of residential reference in an otherwise vertical landscape of timber and rock.