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1985 Map of Ninemile Flat

Name: 1985 Topographic Map of Ninemile Flat
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1985
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1985

About this map

The Colville Indian Reservation dominates this landscape along the western banks of the Columbia River in the mid-1980s. The terrain is defined by the steep descent from Gold Mountain Ridge toward the wide expanse of Franklin D Roosevelt Lake. Central to the geography is Ninemile Flat, a shelf of land situated above the water where Ninemile Creek and its many tributaries, including the South Fork and Little Ninemile Creek, carve through the complex topography.

Water management and recreation are central themes here, as evidenced by the Franklin D Roosevelt Lake National Recreation Area and the nearby Spokane Indian Reservation boundary at the southern edge of the map. Traces of local utility and transport appear at Ninemile Falls and the Jensen Area, while landmarks like Mitchell Point and Dodge Point provide fixed reference points for navigating the river’s irregular shoreline.