2023 Map of Home Creek Butte

About this map

Catlow Rim serves as a dramatic geologic boundary on this Harney County landscape, separating the high desert plateau from the expansive Catlow Valley below. This survey captures a remote section of the Steens Mountain Wilderness in the northeast, where the elevation rises sharply toward Home Creek Butte. The map illustrates the hydrology of this arid region, showing how seasonal drainages like Home Creek and Threemile Creek emerge from deep incisions such as Threemile Canyon before reaching the valley floor. Evidence of human passage and land management is preserved through the alignment of Catlow Valley Rd and the Threemile Trail, while the presence of West Field Lake suggests the intermittent basins that define the local topography.