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1981 Map of Ping

Name: 1981 Topographic Map of Ping
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1981
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1981

About this map

Ping sits in the southeastern corner of this study, tucked into the hills above the Ping Gulch drainage. This landscape is defined by the massive carving of the Lake Bryan Snake River, which forms the boundary between Whitman and Garfield Counties. Along the river’s edge, flat gravel deposits like Rice Bar, Tucker Bar, and Swift Bar provide rare level ground beneath steep canyon walls.

Upland from the river, the terrain rises into the Camas Prairie and Penawawa Ridge, marked by a network of deep coulees such as Wambo Gulch and Schaefer Gulch. The presence of numerous Storage Bins and a Cem near Ping suggests a small agricultural community supported by rugged access routes like the Rice Bar Hill Road. The map also captures infrastructure for resource extraction with several Borrow Pits and a Gravel Pit scattered across the plateau.