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2014 Map of Pilot Rock

Name: 2014 Topographic Map of Pilot Rock
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2014
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2014

About this map

Pilot Rock serves as the focal point for this landscape, where the town's residential streets like North Alder St and Southwest Birch St meet the industrial character of Mill Rd. The topography is defined by the convergence of several drainage systems, most notably Birch Creek and its branches, which carve through the high plateaus of Umatilla County. Outside the town limits, the terrain becomes increasingly complex with features like Jack Canyon and Dry Hollow illustrating the deeply eroded basalt geography of the region.

Local history and genealogy interests are centered at the Pilot Rock Cemetery, located on the western edge of the community. Moving south and east, the landscape transitions into a series of ridges and gulches, including California Gulch and Rocky Ridge. The map shows a transition from the concentrated settlement at Pilot Rock to the dispersed drainage patterns of Little McKay Creek and East Birch Creek, highlighting the importance of water access in this high-desert environment.