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2020 Map of Crow Butte

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

USGS Topo · Published 2020

About this map

Lake Umatilla dominates this stretch of the Columbia River, marking the aquatic boundary between Washington and Oregon. The landscape is defined by the massive basaltic rising of Crow Butte, which stands as a prominent landmark above the surrounding Artesian Coulee. On the northern shore, the small settlement of Whitcomb and the nearby Whitcomb Island provide a sense of the localized human presence against the scale of the river.

Inland, the terrain transitions into a more industrialized and agricultural grid, as evidenced by the Boardman Airport and the complex infrastructure of the W Extension Irrigation Canal. The topography is etched by deep drainage features like Sixmile Canyon and Dead Canyon, which cut through the high ground of Canoe Ridge and Quarry Butte. This mapping presents a modern view of the region's managed water resources and transport corridors as they appeared in 2020.