2020 Map of Mabton West

About this map

The Yakima River winds through this Yakima County landscape, creating a complex wetland ecosystem before rising toward the high southern ridge. The town of Mabton sits at the eastern edge, serving as a hub for the surrounding agricultural district. Irrigation is the defining human footprint here, visible through the extensive network of the Satus Number 2 Pump Canal, Satus Number 3 Pump Canal, and the Mabton W Lateral. These waterways feed the orchards and fields that spread across the valley floor, bounded by a series of small, distinctly named water bodies including Giffin Lake, Warren Lake, and Slaughterhouse Lake. To the south, the terrain changes abruptly as the flat irrigated plains give way to the rising slopes of the Horse Heaven Hills. The map also details the Game Reserve and an area managed by the Dept Of Wildlife, emphasizing the balance between intensive agriculture and habitat conservation along the river corridor.