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1967 Map of Owyhee

Name: 1967 Topographic Map of Owyhee
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1971
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1971

About this map

The confluence of the Snake River, Boise River, and Owyhee River creates a complex hydrological landscape in this late 1960s survey of the Oregon-Idaho border. The area is defined by a sophisticated irrigation network necessary for high-desert agriculture, featuring the Owyhee Canal, numerous aqueducts, siphons, and the Owyhee Pumping Station. These man-made features contrast with the natural islands of the Snake River, such as Goose Egg Island and Billy Goat Island, and the protected wetlands of the Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge.

Transportation and small-scale settlement center around the Union Pacific rail line and the community of Nyssa. For the local historian or genealogist, the map preserves the exact locations of the Owyhee Cemetery and rural road names like Mendiola Road and Klamath Avenue that follow the section lines of the Lincoln Bench. Numerous gravel pits scattered near Overstreet indicate the local extraction industries supporting the region's development during this era.