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1999 Map of Flag Prairie

Name: 1999 Topographic Map of Flag Prairie
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2002
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2002

About this map

The Little Malheur River flows through the high country of eastern Oregon in this late-twentieth-century study of the Malheur National Forest. The landscape is defined by its water management for livestock and ranching, evidenced by a series of named reservoirs including the WPA Reservoir, Mud Flat Reservoir, and the curiously named Dutch Oven Reservoir. These man-made features, alongside the Flag Prairie Cow Camp, indicate the enduring cattle-grazing traditions of the region.

North of Flag Prairie, the terrain transitions into the protected Monument Rock Wilderness. The map records a dense network of high-elevation springs and drainage features like Telephone Gulch and Rattlesnake Ridge. For those tracing historical land use, the presence of the Third Standard Parallel South and various 4WD tracks through Hen Gulch and Sage Gulch show the intersection of federal forest management and local geography.