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2011 Map of Doolittle Creek

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

USGS Topo · Published 2011

About this map

Doolittle Camp serves as a lone named waypoint in this high-desert landscape of Malheur County, where the survival of livestock once depended on a network of isolated water sources. The terrain is defined by the drainage systems of Whitehorse Creek and Doolittle Creek, which cut through an arid expanse punctuated by the curiously named Death Trap and the prominent Twin Peaks.

Evidence of ranching history is scattered across the sheet in the form of named springs and small catchments. Features like Buckaroo Corral Spring, Sheep Corral Spring, and Ralph Camp Spring suggest a legacy of seasonal grazing and temporary camps. Human engineering is minimal but vital, appearing as the Clay Reservoir and Snowberry Reservoir, designed to manage the scarce flow of ephemeral streams like Antelope Creek and Dry Creek in this corner of the Oregon desert.