Loading map...

2023 Map of Iron Mountain

Name: 2023 Topographic Map of Iron Mountain
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2023
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2023

About this map

Iron Mtn rises as a prominent landmark in this corner of Malheur County, anchoring a landscape defined by volcanic geology and remote transit corridors. The northern portion of the map is dominated by the Saddle Butte Lava Field, a region characterized by its distinct basaltic formations including the Saddle Butte Lava Tube. This area represents the stark, high-desert terrain of southeastern Oregon, where the environment dictates the patterns of human movement and land use.

Transportation through this arid expanse is limited to a few established paths, notably Kiger Rd and Tub Springs Rd, which skirt the edges of the lava fields and the slopes of the mountain. The map provides a look at the Public Land Survey System grid, detailing numerous township and range boundaries such as t30s r40e and t31s r40e, which partition this largely uninhabited territory into administrative blocks for land management and ranching.