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2014 Map of Deer Flat

Name: 2014 Topographic Map of Deer Flat
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2014
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2014

About this map

W Little Owyhee River meanders across this high desert landscape of Malheur County, carving deep channels into the plateau. The map reveals a vital water network essential for survival in this arid environment, marked by numerous named water sources such as Pedroli Spring, Indian Spring, and Jack Creek Spring. These isolated springs and the Lake Fork W Owyhee River define the region's topography, while steep elevations drop into the rugged Massey Canyon and Louse Canyon.

Human presence is sparse, dictated by the terrain and represented primarily by primitive roads and tracks like Andy Fife and Co Line Rd. The central Deer Flat provides a rare area of level ground amidst the broken drainage of Deer Cr. This survey provides a precise record of late-twentieth and early-twenty-first-century rangeland infrastructure, documenting the exact locations of remote cattle-watering holes and boundary lines like t40s r45e.