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2020 Map of Obenchain Mountain

Name: 2020 Topographic Map of Obenchain Mountain
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2020
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2020

About this map

Obenchain Mountain and the surrounding Jackson County highlands are defined by a complex network of water management and distinct volcanic topography. The landscape is marked by numerous flat-topped features and buttes, such as Joe Dyer Butte, Round Top, and Cedar Buttes, interspersed with broad areas like Mucky Flat and Sugar Pine Flat. The Mucky Flat Airport provides a small aviation footprint in this otherwise sparsely populated timber and ranching region.

Critical infrastructure for the Rogue Valley is visible in the form of the Medford Aqueduct and the Eagle Point Irrigation Canal, which traverse the southern slopes to move water across the divide. A dense web of drainage systems including Big Butte Creek, McNeil Cr, and Kanutchan Cr carve through the terrain. Numerous family-named landmarks and old access routes like Olsen Grade Road and North Obenchain Road offer points of interest for local historians and genealogists tracking the development of the Obenchain and Butte Falls vicinity.