Loading map...

2011 Map of Butte Falls

Name: 2011 Topographic Map of Butte Falls
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2011
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2011

About this map

Butte Falls serves as the central hub of this Jackson County landscape, where the confluence of the North Fork Big Butte Creek and South Fork Big Butte Creek shapes the local geography. The town is marked by local essentials like the Butte Falls Post Office and the Butte Falls Cemetery, while the surrounding terrain is defined by family-named landmarks such as Beekman Flat and Beekman Ridge. Further north, Fredenburg Butte and Santiam Peak overlook ranching operations at Cobleigh Ranch and Fredenburg Ranch, illustrating a mountain-and-valley economy based on timber and grazing.

The network of forest and logging roads, including Butte Falls-Prospect Rd and Rancheria Rd, connects the town to high-elevation water sources like Summit Lake. Education history is anchored by the Perry School west of the main settlement. This era of mapping highlights the transition from early pioneer homesteads to a more modern infrastructure of roads and forest management, while retaining many of the original names that reflect the region's 19th-century settlement patterns.