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1962 Map of Phinny Hill

Name: 1962 Topographic Map of Phinny Hill
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1963
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1963

About this map

Phinny Hill rises as a prominent landmark in this 1960s study of the eastern Klickitat County landscape. The area is defined by the sharp incision of Dead Canyon, which cuts a deep northwest-to-southeast path across the terrain. Settlement patterns are evidenced primarily through a network of rural routes and specialized infrastructure, including Mercer Road, Peterson Road, and an established Pipeline traversing the southern sections.

Water remains a critical resource in this arid environment, marked by the flow of Alder Creek and a scatter of isolated wells and springs. The presence of several Jeep Trails and unnamed trails suggests a landscape used for ranching or land management rather than dense residential development. This map provides genealogists and local historians a clear view of land use and family-named roads like Alder Creek Road and Sand Ridge Road before later 20th-century shifts.