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2017 Map of Kittitas

Name: 2017 Topographic Map of Kittitas
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2017
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2017

About this map

The town of Kittitas sits at the heart of this agricultural landscape, where an intricate network of irrigation ditches and creeks supports the Kittitas Valley economy. Water management is a defining characteristic of the terrain, visible in the engineered pathways of the Wipple Wasteway, Bull Ditch, and Turbine Ditch. These systems crisscross the plains between smaller settlements like Regal and Edgemont, facilitating a high density of local aviation with several private airfields such as JKD Farms Airport and Hillcrest Farms Airport serving the surrounding farms.

To the south, the geography shifts toward more varied elevation as the land rises toward Vanderbilt Gap. The Yakima River cuts across the southwestern corner of the quadrangle, flanked by natural features like Sorenson Spring and Lost Spring. This transition from the flat, irrigated valley floor to the rising southern ridges highlights the contrast between the intensive agricultural use of the lowlands and the less developed terrain near the river corridor.