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1936 Map of Hog Ranch Buttes

Name: 1936 Topographic Map of Hog Ranch Buttes
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1936
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1936

About this map

Hog Ranch Buttes and the high terrain of Yakima Ridge dominate this 1936 topographic survey of the Washington interior. The map records a sparse, ranching-oriented landscape where survival was tied to isolated water sources like Blackrock Spring and numerous unnamed springs. Family-named outposts such as Holmes Ranch, Bernhardi Ranch, and Taylor Ranch are scattered across the broken terrain, connected by primitive routes like the Yakima Road.

Social infrastructure in this arid stretch of the Kittitas and Yakima county border was centered on rural schoolhouses, including Taylor Sch and Blackrock Sch. The presence of the Third Standard Parallel North and a prominent power transmission line cutting across the southern portion indicates the early systematic surveying and infrastructure development of the Pacific Northwest. Deep canyons like Alkali Canyon and Sourdough Canyon carve into the ridges, leading down toward the broader expanses of the Moxee Valley.