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2017 Map of Day Basin

Name: 2017 Topographic Map of Day Basin
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2017
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2017

About this map

The Ochoco National Forest and the southern edge of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument meet in this high-altitude landscape of central Oregon. The terrain is defined by dramatic elevation changes across the Ochoco Mountain range, where water sources like China Camp Spring, Breathing Spring, and the evocatively named Home Sweet Home Spring provided essential relief for travelers and livestock.

Remote basins such as Kangaroo Basin, Day Basin, and Cottonwood Basin break up the ridges, while the naming of McClanahan Meadow and A and M Ridge reflects the human history of land use and grazing in the region. The map tracks the complex drainage systems of Rattlesnake Cr and Cottonwood Cr, illustrating how the geography dictated the placement of mountain roads like Day Basin Rd and Nat For Dev Rd 38.